Work & commute · Pine Canyon

Work & commute in Pine Canyon, CA

Most working residents leave Pine Canyon for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are King City (22%), Salinas (10%) and Soledad (7%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 829 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 825 Pine Canyon residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine Canyon.

825live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pine Canyon goes to work

King City3.1 mi away

22%186

Salinas45 mi away

10%81

Soledad20.6 mi away

7%62

San Jose86.1 mi away

6%51

Greenfield11.9 mi away

5%42

San Francisco149.8 mi away

3%22

Monterey50.7 mi away

3%21

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)46.6 mi away

1%11

Gonzales28.4 mi away

1%10

Sunnyvale97.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%335

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

How far

How far Pine Canyon commutes

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

27%

16%

21%

36%

27%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pine Canyon is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine Canyon are

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

Jobs based in Pine Canyon

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Pine Canyon residents hold

829 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+124%

Jobs based in Pine Canyon, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 47. 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.