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Work & commute · Lakeside

Work & commute in Lakeside, CA

Most working residents leave Lakeside for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (36%), El Cajon (10%) and Santee (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
450 of 10,029 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,579 Lakeside residents head out of town to work, 450 work right here, and 4,409 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakeside.

9,579live here, work elsewhere
450live and work here
4,409work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lakeside goes to work

La MesaEl CajonSanteeEscondidoPowaySan DiegoLos AngelesChula VistaWinter GardensEucalyptus HillsLakesideAlpineSan DiegoEl CajonSanteeLa MesaChula VistaPowayWinter GardensLos AngelesEscondidoLakeside
1
San Diego12.7 mi away
36%3,577
2
El Cajon5 mi away
10%959
3
Santee4.8 mi away
5%467
4
Lakeside (in town)right here
4%450
5
La Mesa8.8 mi away
3%344
6
Chula Vista17.1 mi away
3%256
7
Poway11.3 mi away
3%254
8
Winter Gardens1.8 mi away
2%207
9
Los Angeles118.3 mi away
2%162
10
Escondido21.5 mi away
2%153
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%3,200

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

How far

How far Lakeside commutes

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

34%Under 10 mi
47%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lakeside is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakeside are

4,859 jobs are based in Lakeside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lakeside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lakeside

4,859 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)51%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)39%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Lakeside residents hold

10,029 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month66%
+10%

Jobs based in Lakeside, 2013 → 2023: 4,405 → 4,859. 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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