Work & commute · Pescadero

Work & commute in Pescadero, CA

Most working residents leave Pescadero for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Redwood City (8%), San Francisco (6%) and Palo Alto (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 201 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 190 Pescadero residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pescadero.

190live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pescadero goes to work

Redwood City20.8 mi away

8%17

San Francisco48.9 mi away

6%13

Pescadero (in town)right here

5%11

Palo Alto16.7 mi away

4%9

Menlo Park20.6 mi away

3%6

San Jose31.2 mi away

3%6

Half Moon Bay15.7 mi away

2%4

San Mateo22.1 mi away

2%4

Burlingame23.9 mi away

1%3

Mountain View19.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%125

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

How far

How far Pescadero commutes

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

22%

38%

22%

18%

22%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pescadero is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pescadero are

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

Jobs based in Pescadero

220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Pescadero residents hold

201 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−66%

Jobs based in Pescadero, 2013 → 2023: 652 → 220. 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.