Work & commute · Shandon

Work & commute in Shandon, CA

Most working residents leave Shandon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) (21%), Atascadero (12%) and San Luis Obispo (10%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 429 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 424 Shandon residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shandon.

424live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shandon goes to work

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)15.1 mi away

21%88

Atascadero20.7 mi away

12%53

San Luis Obispo31.2 mi away

10%42

Templeton20 mi away

5%20

Los Angeles158.9 mi away

3%13

Santa Maria49.9 mi away

3%12

Grover Beach39.1 mi away

1%5

Visalia75.3 mi away

1%5

Shandon (in town)right here

1%5

Cambria40 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%181

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

How far

How far Shandon commutes

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

46%

24%

27%

3%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shandon is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shandon are

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

Jobs based in Shandon

85 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Shandon residents hold

429 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+20%

Jobs based in Shandon, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 85. 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.