Work & commute · Santa Rosa Valley

Work & commute in Santa Rosa Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Santa Rosa Valley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (15%), Camarillo (12%) and Thousand Oaks (12%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 1,402 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,353 Santa Rosa Valley residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 273 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Santa Rosa Valley.

1,353live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

273work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Santa Rosa Valley goes to work

Los Angeles32.1 mi away

15%216

Camarillo7.6 mi away

12%170

Thousand Oaks4 mi away

12%169

Oxnard17.8 mi away

7%96

San Buenaventura (Ventura)20.2 mi away

5%68

Simi Valley8.9 mi away

4%54

Santa Rosa Valley (in town)right here

3%49

Moorpark3.1 mi away

3%39

Burbank33.1 mi away

2%24

Westlake Village8.8 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%497

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

How far

How far Santa Rosa Valley commutes

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

36%

27%

20%

17%

36%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Santa Rosa Valley is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Santa Rosa Valley are

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

Jobs based in Santa Rosa Valley

322 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Santa Rosa Valley residents hold

1,402 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+5%

Jobs based in Santa Rosa Valley, 2013 → 2023: 308 → 322. 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.