Work & commute · Montara

Work & commute in Montara, CA

Most working residents leave Montara for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (18%), Half Moon Bay (7%) and South San Francisco (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 991 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 983 Montara residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montara.

983live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montara goes to work

San Francisco32 mi away

18%175

Half Moon Bay6.3 mi away

7%74

South San Francisco9.7 mi away

5%46

San Jose41.1 mi away

4%41

San Mateo10 mi away

4%37

Palo Alto21.8 mi away

4%37

Moss Beach2.4 mi away

4%36

El Granada2.8 mi away

4%35

Redwood City15.4 mi away

3%33

Pacifica4.1 mi away

3%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%452

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

How far

How far Montara commutes

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

25%

44%

17%

14%

25%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montara is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montara are

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

Jobs based in Montara

142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Montara residents hold

991 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−45%

Jobs based in Montara, 2013 → 2023: 257 → 142. 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.