Work & commute · Prunedale

Work & commute in Prunedale, CA

Most working residents leave Prunedale for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Salinas (17%), Monterey (7%) and Watsonville (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

461 of 8,003 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,542 Prunedale residents head out of town to work, 461 work right here, and 3,116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prunedale.

7,542live here, work elsewhere

461live and work here

3,116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prunedale goes to work

Salinas8.6 mi away

17%1,323

Monterey19.3 mi away

7%564

Watsonville10 mi away

6%509

San Jose34.5 mi away

6%480

Prunedale (in town)right here

6%461

Santa Cruz23.7 mi away

2%197

Seaside15.9 mi away

2%159

San Francisco98.6 mi away

2%147

Gilroy13.9 mi away

2%142

Marina11.8 mi away

2%136

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%3,885

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

How far

How far Prunedale commutes

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

31%

35%

13%

21%

31%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prunedale is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prunedale are

3,577 jobs are based in Prunedale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prunedale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Prunedale

3,577 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Prunedale residents hold

8,003 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−23%

Jobs based in Prunedale, 2013 → 2023: 4,643 → 3,577. 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.