Work & commute · Mission Canyon

Work & commute in Mission Canyon, CA

Most working residents leave Mission Canyon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Barbara (43%), Goleta (10%) and Eastern Goleta Valley (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 929 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

41%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 913 Mission Canyon residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mission Canyon.

913live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mission Canyon goes to work

Santa Barbara3.6 mi away

43%397

Goleta8.2 mi away

10%94

Eastern Goleta Valley3.8 mi away

4%37

Los Angeles80.5 mi away

4%33

Oxnard34.1 mi away

2%19

University of California-Santa Barbara7.9 mi away

2%19

Carpinteria12.8 mi away

2%18

Montecito5.4 mi away

2%18

Mission Canyon (in town)right here

2%16

San Francisco292.1 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%264

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

How far

How far Mission Canyon commutes

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

62%

26%

62%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mission Canyon is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mission Canyon are

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

Jobs based in Mission Canyon

225 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Mission Canyon residents hold

929 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−2%

Jobs based in Mission Canyon, 2013 → 2023: 229 → 225. 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.