Work & commute · San Ardo

Work & commute in San Ardo, CA

Most working residents leave San Ardo for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are San Jose (12%), King City (5%) and Soledad (5%). Half commute less than 72 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 128 working residents

Typical commute

72 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 128 San Ardo residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Ardo.

128live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

148work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Ardo goes to work

San Jose101.3 mi away

12%15

King City18.3 mi away

5%6

Soledad36.5 mi away

5%6

Salinas61.3 mi away

5%6

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)30.9 mi away

5%6

Kerman67.5 mi away

3%4

Fremont116.6 mi away

3%4

Monterey67.4 mi away

2%3

Seaside65.5 mi away

2%3

San Francisco166.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%72

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

How far

How far San Ardo commutes

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

20%

67%

3%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

67%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Ardo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in San Ardo are

148 jobs are based in San Ardo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Ardo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Ardo

148 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs San Ardo residents hold

128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−20%

Jobs based in San Ardo, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 148. 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.