Work & commute · La Selva Beach

Work & commute in La Selva Beach, CA

Most working residents leave La Selva Beach for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Jose (10%), Santa Cruz (9%) and Watsonville (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 873 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 862 La Selva Beach residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 312 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Selva Beach.

862live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

312work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Selva Beach goes to work

San Jose25.5 mi away

10%84

Santa Cruz11 mi away

9%79

Watsonville4 mi away

8%68

San Francisco85.5 mi away

4%37

Live Oak8.5 mi away

4%32

Rio del Mar3.1 mi away

3%22

Santa Clara31 mi away

2%21

Capitola6.9 mi away

2%18

Soquel7.5 mi away

2%17

Mountain View35.1 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%479

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

How far

How far La Selva Beach commutes

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

33%

19%

26%

22%

33%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Selva Beach is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Selva Beach are

323 jobs are based in La Selva Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Selva Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Selva Beach

323 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs La Selva Beach residents hold

873 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−28%

Jobs based in La Selva Beach, 2013 → 2023: 451 → 323. 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.