Work & commute · Santa Nella

Work & commute in Santa Nella, CA

Most working residents leave Santa Nella for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Los Banos (10%), Fresno (5%) and Merced (4%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 671 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

56 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 641 Santa Nella residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 610 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Santa Nella.

641live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

610work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Santa Nella goes to work

Los Banos10 mi away

10%66

Fresno70.8 mi away

5%33

Santa Nella (in town)right here

4%30

Merced33.3 mi away

4%26

Hollister27.1 mi away

3%23

Modesto37.1 mi away

3%20

San Jose46 mi away

3%18

Stockton62.6 mi away

2%15

Turlock29.2 mi away

2%14

Gilroy32.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%414

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

How far

How far Santa Nella commutes

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

18%

12%

28%

42%

18%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Santa Nella is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Santa Nella are

640 jobs are based in Santa Nella. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Santa Nella’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Santa Nella

640 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Santa Nella residents hold

671 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+33%

Jobs based in Santa Nella, 2013 → 2023: 482 → 640. 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.