Work & commute · New Cuyama

Work & commute in New Cuyama, CA

Most working residents leave New Cuyama for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Maria (12%), Los Angeles (7%) and Santa Barbara (6%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 172 New Cuyama residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Cuyama.

172live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Cuyama goes to work

Santa Maria43.1 mi away

12%21

Los Angeles96.5 mi away

7%12

Santa Barbara37.3 mi away

6%11

Cuyama3.9 mi away

5%8

Eastern Goleta Valley34.7 mi away

3%6

Lompoc48.8 mi away

2%3

San Luis Obispo60.1 mi away

2%3

San Jose201.5 mi away

2%3

San Francisco267.9 mi away

2%3

New Cuyama (in town)right here

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%102

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

How far

How far New Cuyama commutes

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

53%

35%

8%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

53%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Cuyama is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Cuyama are

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

Jobs based in New Cuyama

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs New Cuyama residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−9%

Jobs based in New Cuyama, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 20. 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.