Work & commute · San Juan Capistrano

Work & commute in San Juan Capistrano, CA

Most working residents leave San Juan Capistrano for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Irvine (10%), San Clemente (6%) and Los Angeles (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,380 of 13,776 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,396 San Juan Capistrano residents head out of town to work, 1,380 work right here, and 14,018 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Juan Capistrano.

12,396live here, work elsewhere

1,380live and work here

14,018work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Juan Capistrano goes to work

San Juan Capistrano (in town)right here

10%1,380

Irvine14 mi away

10%1,359

San Clemente4.3 mi away

6%892

Los Angeles56.3 mi away

6%838

Mission Viejo7.5 mi away

5%659

Dana Point2.8 mi away

4%556

Newport Beach14.9 mi away

3%432

Laguna Niguel3.4 mi away

3%388

San Diego55.7 mi away

3%375

Santa Ana20.9 mi away

3%369

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%6,528

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

How far

How far San Juan Capistrano commutes

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

37%

24%

19%

37%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Juan Capistrano is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in San Juan Capistrano are

15,398 jobs are based in San Juan Capistrano. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Juan Capistrano’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Juan Capistrano

15,398 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs San Juan Capistrano residents hold

13,776 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+34%

Jobs based in San Juan Capistrano, 2013 → 2023: 11,497 → 15,398. 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.