Work & commute · Oxnard

Work & commute in Oxnard, CA

About one in 4 of Oxnard’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are San Buenaventura (Ventura) (13%), Camarillo (8%) and Los Angeles (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

21,487 of 79,680 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 58,193 Oxnard residents head out of town to work, 21,487 work right here, and 31,970 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oxnard.

58,193live here, work elsewhere

21,487live and work here

31,970work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oxnard goes to work

Oxnard (in town)right here

27%21,487

San Buenaventura (Ventura)5.4 mi away

13%10,623

Camarillo10.1 mi away

8%6,641

Los Angeles47.2 mi away

7%5,617

Thousand Oaks19.1 mi away

3%2,788

Santa Barbara32.2 mi away

2%1,353

Port Hueneme2.6 mi away

2%1,197

El Rio4.3 mi away

1%850

San Diego152.9 mi away

1%793

Simi Valley26.6 mi away

1%732

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%27,599

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

How far

How far Oxnard commutes

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

53%

10%

11%

25%

53%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oxnard is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oxnard are

53,457 jobs are based in Oxnard. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oxnard’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oxnard

53,457 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Oxnard residents hold

79,680 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+4%

Jobs based in Oxnard, 2013 → 2023: 51,572 → 53,457. 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.