Work & commute · Moss Landing

Work & commute in Moss Landing, CA

Most working residents leave Moss Landing for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Watsonville (13%), Santa Cruz (9%) and Salinas (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 136 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 135 Moss Landing residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 383 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moss Landing.

135live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

383work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moss Landing goes to work

Watsonville8.2 mi away

13%17

Santa Cruz18 mi away

9%12

Salinas11.6 mi away

8%11

Live Oak16.4 mi away

4%6

San Jose33.9 mi away

3%4

Seaside12.7 mi away

2%3

Aptos14.1 mi away

2%3

Interlaken9.6 mi away

2%3

Yuma, AZ507.9 mi away

1%2

Monterey15.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%73

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

How far

How far Moss Landing commutes

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

24%

40%

10%

26%

24%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moss Landing is a job hub

2.82jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Moss Landing are

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

Jobs based in Moss Landing

384 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Moss Landing residents hold

136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−45%

Jobs based in Moss Landing, 2013 → 2023: 698 → 384. 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.