Work & commute · Orcutt

Work & commute in Orcutt, CA

Most working residents leave Orcutt for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Maria (30%), San Luis Obispo (5%) and Santa Barbara (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,404 of 13,698 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 12,294 Orcutt residents head out of town to work, 1,404 work right here, and 3,250 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orcutt.

12,294live here, work elsewhere

1,404live and work here

3,250work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orcutt goes to work

Santa Maria4.6 mi away

30%4,174

Orcutt (in town)right here

10%1,404

San Luis Obispo30.8 mi away

5%649

Santa Barbara51.5 mi away

4%579

Los Angeles128.7 mi away

3%423

Eastern Goleta Valley46.5 mi away

3%412

Lompoc14.5 mi away

3%347

Goleta43.8 mi away

2%310

Arroyo Grande19.9 mi away

2%225

Vandenberg AFB10.9 mi away

1%193

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%4,982

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

How far

How far Orcutt commutes

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

45%

12%

16%

27%

45%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orcutt 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 Orcutt are

4,654 jobs are based in Orcutt. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Orcutt’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Orcutt

4,654 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Orcutt residents hold

13,698 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+43%

Jobs based in Orcutt, 2013 → 2023: 3,263 → 4,654. 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.