Work & commute · San Simeon

Work & commute in San Simeon, CA

Most working residents leave San Simeon for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are San Luis Obispo (17%), Cambria (10%) and Morro Bay (6%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 231 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 222 San Simeon residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Simeon.

222live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Simeon goes to work

San Luis Obispo35.9 mi away

17%39

Cambria5.5 mi away

10%22

Morro Bay23.1 mi away

6%13

Los Osos27.8 mi away

6%13

Los Angeles190 mi away

5%11

San Simeon (in town)right here

4%9

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)27.4 mi away

3%6

Santa Maria61.4 mi away

2%5

Atascadero26.9 mi away

2%5

Madera110 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%104

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

How far

How far San Simeon commutes

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

18%

12%

39%

31%

18%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Simeon is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Simeon are

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

Jobs based in San Simeon

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs San Simeon residents hold

231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−28%

Jobs based in San Simeon, 2013 → 2023: 204 → 147. 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.