Work & commute · Pleasure Point

Work & commute in Pleasure Point, CA

Most working residents leave Pleasure Point for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Cruz (21%), Live Oak (7%) and San Jose (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

91 of 2,136 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,045 Pleasure Point residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 1,016 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasure Point.

2,045live here, work elsewhere

91live and work here

1,016work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasure Point goes to work

Santa Cruz3.7 mi away

21%441

Live Oak1.9 mi away

7%145

San Jose24.8 mi away

7%141

Capitola1.4 mi away

6%121

Scotts Valley7 mi away

5%99

Watsonville11.2 mi away

4%91

Pleasure Point (in town)right here

4%91

Soquel2.9 mi away

3%65

San Francisco78.8 mi away

3%62

Aptos4.8 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%836

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

How far

How far Pleasure Point commutes

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

51%

14%

17%

18%

51%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasure Point is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasure Point are

1,107 jobs are based in Pleasure Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasure Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pleasure Point

1,107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Pleasure Point residents hold

2,136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+39%

Jobs based in Pleasure Point, 2013 → 2023: 794 → 1,107. 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.