Work & commute · Lake Nacimiento

Work & commute in Lake Nacimiento, CA

Most working residents leave Lake Nacimiento for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) (17%), San Luis Obispo (7%) and Atascadero (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

59 of 1,157 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,098 Lake Nacimiento residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Nacimiento.

1,098live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Nacimiento goes to work

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)14.2 mi away

17%198

San Luis Obispo34 mi away

7%86

Atascadero19.8 mi away

7%85

Templeton14.8 mi away

6%71

Lake Nacimiento (in town)right here

5%59

Los Angeles182.8 mi away

3%39

Santa Maria60.1 mi away

2%22

San Miguel10.1 mi away

1%17

King City36.6 mi away

1%16

Bakersfield106.2 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%548

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

How far

How far Lake Nacimiento commutes

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

11%

40%

18%

32%

11%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Nacimiento is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Nacimiento are

204 jobs are based in Lake Nacimiento. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Nacimiento’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Nacimiento

204 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lake Nacimiento residents hold

1,157 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+84%

Jobs based in Lake Nacimiento, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 204. 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.