Work & commute · Rancho Santa Fe

Work & commute in Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Most working residents leave Rancho Santa Fe for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (27%), Los Angeles (7%) and Carlsbad (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 768 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 745 Rancho Santa Fe residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 1,226 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rancho Santa Fe.

745live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

1,226work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rancho Santa Fe goes to work

San Diego14.2 mi away

27%208

Los Angeles97.9 mi away

7%55

Carlsbad8.7 mi away

5%35

Encinitas4.2 mi away

3%26

Irvine55.9 mi away

3%26

Rancho Santa Fe (in town)right here

3%23

Solana Beach4.2 mi away

3%21

Escondido10.3 mi away

2%18

San Marcos7.6 mi away

2%17

San Francisco461.9 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%325

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

How far

How far Rancho Santa Fe commutes

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

32%

21%

42%

32%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rancho Santa Fe is a job hub

1.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rancho Santa Fe are

1,249 jobs are based in Rancho Santa Fe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rancho Santa Fe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rancho Santa Fe

1,249 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Rancho Santa Fe residents hold

768 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−38%

Jobs based in Rancho Santa Fe, 2013 → 2023: 2,020 → 1,249. 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.