Work & commute · Pacific Grove

Work & commute in Pacific Grove, CA

Most working residents leave Pacific Grove for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Monterey (22%), Salinas (8%) and Del Monte Forest (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

674 of 5,032 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,358 Pacific Grove residents head out of town to work, 674 work right here, and 2,656 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pacific Grove.

4,358live here, work elsewhere

674live and work here

2,656work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pacific Grove goes to work

Monterey2.8 mi away

22%1,123

Pacific Grove (in town)right here

13%674

Salinas16.9 mi away

8%382

Del Monte Forest2.9 mi away

4%204

Seaside6 mi away

4%193

San Francisco97.6 mi away

3%169

San Jose46.9 mi away

3%133

Carmel-by-the-Sea4.8 mi away

2%104

Marina8.6 mi away

1%62

Santa Cruz25 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,944

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

How far

How far Pacific Grove commutes

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

53%

13%

27%

53%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pacific Grove is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pacific Grove are

3,330 jobs are based in Pacific Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pacific Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pacific Grove

3,330 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Pacific Grove residents hold

5,032 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+7%

Jobs based in Pacific Grove, 2013 → 2023: 3,106 → 3,330. 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.