Work & commute · Marina

Work & commute in Marina, CA

Most working residents leave Marina for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Monterey (21%), Salinas (13%) and Seaside (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

683 of 8,188 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,505 Marina residents head out of town to work, 683 work right here, and 3,115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marina.

7,505live here, work elsewhere

683live and work here

3,115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marina goes to work

Monterey7.5 mi away

21%1,680

Salinas8.6 mi away

13%1,032

Marina (in town)right here

8%683

Seaside4.2 mi away

7%534

Del Monte Forest10.7 mi away

4%314

San Francisco99.6 mi away

3%232

San Jose42.6 mi away

3%219

Pacific Grove8.6 mi away

3%211

Carmel-by-the-Sea11.5 mi away

2%143

Sand City5.2 mi away

1%98

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%3,042

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

How far

How far Marina commutes

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

56%

14%

23%

56%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marina is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marina are

3,798 jobs are based in Marina. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marina’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marina

3,798 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Marina residents hold

8,188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+25%

Jobs based in Marina, 2013 → 2023: 3,046 → 3,798. 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.