Work & commute · Lockwood

Work & commute in Lockwood, CA

Most working residents leave Lockwood for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Salinas (10%), San Jose (7%) and El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) (6%). Half commute less than 79 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 105 working residents

Typical commute

79 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

43%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 103 Lockwood residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lockwood.

103live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lockwood goes to work

Salinas60.4 mi away

10%11

San Jose102.2 mi away

7%7

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)32.3 mi away

6%6

King City19.3 mi away

5%5

San Francisco164.1 mi away

4%4

Modesto117.4 mi away

3%3

Kerman78.3 mi away

2%2

Soledad36.7 mi away

2%2

San Diego311.5 mi away

2%2

Fresno92.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%61

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

How far

How far Lockwood commutes

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

15%

12%

70%

2%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

70%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lockwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lockwood are

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

Jobs based in Lockwood

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Lockwood residents hold

105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+142%

Jobs based in Lockwood, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 87. 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.