Work & commute · Seaside

Work & commute in Seaside, CA

Most working residents leave Seaside for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Monterey (25%), Salinas (8%) and Del Monte Forest (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,143 of 12,090 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 10,947 Seaside residents head out of town to work, 1,143 work right here, and 5,577 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seaside.

10,947live here, work elsewhere

1,143live and work here

5,577work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seaside goes to work

Monterey3.9 mi away

25%2,967

Seaside (in town)right here

9%1,143

Salinas11.2 mi away

8%989

Del Monte Forest7.3 mi away

4%515

Pacific Grove6 mi away

3%367

San Jose46.4 mi away

3%350

Carmel-by-the-Sea7.6 mi away

3%324

San Francisco101.4 mi away

2%294

Marina4.2 mi away

2%242

Sand City1.6 mi away

2%201

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%4,698

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

How far

How far Seaside commutes

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

56%

11%

26%

56%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seaside is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Seaside are

6,720 jobs are based in Seaside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seaside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Seaside

6,720 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Seaside residents hold

12,090 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+21%

Jobs based in Seaside, 2013 → 2023: 5,565 → 6,720. 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.