Work & commute · Moss Beach

Work & commute in Moss Beach, CA

Most working residents leave Moss Beach for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (18%), Half Moon Bay (11%) and San Jose (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 1,184 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,128 Moss Beach residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moss Beach.

1,128live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

352work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moss Beach goes to work

San Francisco32.7 mi away

18%209

Half Moon Bay4.5 mi away

11%125

Moss Beach (in town)right here

5%56

San Jose40.4 mi away

4%48

El Granada1.8 mi away

4%47

South San Francisco11.9 mi away

4%42

Palo Alto21.1 mi away

3%39

San Mateo10.8 mi away

3%38

Redwood City15.6 mi away

3%33

Oakland23.2 mi away

3%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%514

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

How far

How far Moss Beach commutes

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

28%

44%

17%

12%

28%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moss Beach is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moss Beach are

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

Jobs based in Moss Beach

408 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Moss Beach residents hold

1,184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+13%

Jobs based in Moss Beach, 2013 → 2023: 361 → 408. 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.