Every workday, about 150 people come to Pajaro Dunes for work
Most working residents leave Pajaro Dunes for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Watsonville (19%), San Jose (12%) and Santa Cruz (9%). Half commute less than 23 miles.
What kind of work town is Pajaro Dunes?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Pajaro Dunes nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Pajaro Dunes on a workday afternoon, 76% more than live here.
3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Pajaro Dunes’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Pajaro Dunes clocks in
19% of workers
12% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Pajaro Dunes commutes less than 23 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Pajaro Dunes makes things: 43% of its jobs are in goods
152 jobs are based in Pajaro Dunes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pajaro Dunes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pajaro Dunes, 2013 → 2023: 269 → 152. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Working from home in Pajaro Dunes
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Pajaro Dunes workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Pajaro Dunes
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pajaro Dunes, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.