Work & commute · Ojai

Work & commute in Ojai, CA

Most working residents leave Ojai for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (14%), San Buenaventura (Ventura) (9%) and Santa Barbara (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

623 of 3,630 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,007 Ojai residents head out of town to work, 623 work right here, and 3,687 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ojai.

3,007live here, work elsewhere

623live and work here

3,687work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ojai goes to work

Ojai (in town)right here

17%623

Los Angeles56.2 mi away

14%511

San Buenaventura (Ventura)12.5 mi away

9%332

Santa Barbara26.8 mi away

4%153

Oxnard17.4 mi away

3%123

Burbank55.5 mi away

2%74

Mira Monte2.6 mi away

2%70

Meiners Oaks1.4 mi away

2%61

Goleta34.9 mi away

1%52

Camarillo19.9 mi away

1%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,581

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

How far

How far Ojai commutes

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

26%

20%

12%

42%

26%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ojai is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ojai are

4,310 jobs are based in Ojai. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ojai’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ojai

4,310 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Ojai residents hold

3,630 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+42%

Jobs based in Ojai, 2013 → 2023: 3,035 → 4,310. 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.