96% of Port Hueneme’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Port Hueneme for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Oxnard (18%), Los Angeles (13%) and San Buenaventura (Ventura) (11%). Half commute less than 24 miles.
Work and commuting in Port Hueneme, in brief
Port Hueneme and Oxnard trade workers both ways
Oxnard is the top workplace for Port Hueneme residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Port Hueneme come from (37% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Port Hueneme are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
18% of working residents work in Oxnard
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Port Hueneme clocks in
18% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Port Hueneme workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Half of Port Hueneme commutes less than 24 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Port Hueneme quiets down on a workday
On a workday 9,144 residents head out to work, 364 work right here, and 2,860 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Port Hueneme on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.34 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
What the 3,224 jobs in Port Hueneme are
3,224 jobs are based in Port Hueneme. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Hueneme’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Port Hueneme, 2013 → 2023: 2,888 → 3,224. 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.
18% of Port Hueneme works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Oxnard (18%). Darker towns draw more of Port Hueneme’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
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 Port Hueneme
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Port Hueneme, 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.