Work & commute · Seacliff

Work & commute in Seacliff, CA

Most working residents leave Seacliff for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Cruz (16%), San Jose (6%) and Live Oak (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 1,236 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,197 Seacliff residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 337 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seacliff.

1,197live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

337work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seacliff goes to work

Santa Cruz6.4 mi away

16%192

San Jose22.8 mi away

6%69

Live Oak3.5 mi away

6%68

Watsonville8.9 mi away

5%65

Capitola2 mi away

4%55

Scotts Valley7.5 mi away

4%51

San Francisco80.2 mi away

3%43

Aptos1.7 mi away

3%41

Seacliff (in town)right here

3%39

Soquel2.2 mi away

3%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%574

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

How far

How far Seacliff commutes

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

51%

13%

15%

20%

51%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seacliff is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Seacliff are

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

Jobs based in Seacliff

376 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Seacliff residents hold

1,236 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−12%

Jobs based in Seacliff, 2013 → 2023: 427 → 376. 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.