Work & commute · Lompoc

Work & commute in Lompoc, CA

About one in 5 of Lompoc’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Santa Barbara (9%), Santa Maria (8%) and Goleta (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

3,697 of 16,595 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,898 Lompoc residents head out of town to work, 3,697 work right here, and 3,826 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lompoc.

12,898live here, work elsewhere

3,697live and work here

3,826work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lompoc goes to work

Lompoc (in town)right here

22%3,697

Santa Barbara46.7 mi away

9%1,458

Santa Maria18.7 mi away

8%1,279

Goleta38.2 mi away

6%932

Buellton16.1 mi away

4%621

Los Angeles125.6 mi away

3%500

Eastern Goleta Valley41.8 mi away

3%481

Solvang19.4 mi away

3%437

Vandenberg AFB4.9 mi away

2%408

San Luis Obispo43.2 mi away

2%281

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%6,501

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

How far

How far Lompoc commutes

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

27%

24%

22%

27%

27%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lompoc is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lompoc are

7,523 jobs are based in Lompoc. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lompoc’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lompoc

7,523 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Lompoc residents hold

16,595 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+2%

Jobs based in Lompoc, 2013 → 2023: 7,404 → 7,523. 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.