Work & commute · Nipomo

Work & commute in Nipomo, CA

Most working residents leave Nipomo for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Maria (19%), San Luis Obispo (13%) and Arroyo Grande (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

788 of 7,450 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 6,662 Nipomo residents head out of town to work, 788 work right here, and 2,138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nipomo.

6,662live here, work elsewhere

788live and work here

2,138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nipomo goes to work

Santa Maria7.4 mi away

19%1,397

San Luis Obispo18.9 mi away

13%933

Nipomo (in town)right here

11%788

Arroyo Grande8.1 mi away

6%454

Pismo Beach13.1 mi away

4%276

Grover Beach9.3 mi away

3%243

Los Angeles137.8 mi away

3%225

Orcutt12 mi away

2%125

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)42.2 mi away

1%99

Santa Barbara62.1 mi away

1%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,827

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

How far

How far Nipomo commutes

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

44%

25%

44%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nipomo is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nipomo are

2,926 jobs are based in Nipomo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nipomo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nipomo

2,926 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Nipomo residents hold

7,450 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+37%

Jobs based in Nipomo, 2013 → 2023: 2,138 → 2,926. 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.