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Work & commute in La Presa, CA

Most working residents leave La Presa for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (47%), Chula Vista (7%) and El Cajon (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
487 of 15,619 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,132 La Presa residents head out of town to work, 487 work right here, and 3,354 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Presa.

15,132live here, work elsewhere
487live and work here
3,354work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where La Presa goes to work

Lemon GroveImperial BeachNational CityLa MesaEl CajonSanteePowaySan DiegoLos AngelesChula VistaBonitaLa PresaSpring ValleySan DiegoChula VistaEl CajonLa MesaNational CityLos AngelesSanteePowayLemon GroveLa Presa
1
San Diego10.6 mi away
47%7,376
2
Chula Vista5.9 mi away
7%1,030
3
El Cajon6.7 mi away
4%684
4
La Mesa4.1 mi away
4%548
5
La Presa (in town)right here
3%487
6
National City6.4 mi away
2%346
7
Los Angeles121.4 mi away
2%332
8
Santee9.9 mi away
2%255
9
Poway19.1 mi away
1%210
10
Lemon Grove2.3 mi away
1%182
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%4,169

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far La Presa commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

45%Under 10 mi
34%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

La Presa is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in La Presa are

3,841 jobs are based in La Presa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Presa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Presa

3,841 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs La Presa residents hold

15,619 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+18%

Jobs based in La Presa, 2013 → 2023: 3,267 → 3,841. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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