Work & commute · Simi Valley

Work & commute in Simi Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Simi Valley for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (26%), Thousand Oaks (9%) and Burbank (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

10,377 of 57,325 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 46,948 Simi Valley residents head out of town to work, 10,377 work right here, and 22,163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Simi Valley.

46,948live here, work elsewhere

10,377live and work here

22,163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Simi Valley goes to work

Los Angeles25.8 mi away

26%14,846

Simi Valley (in town)right here

18%10,377

Thousand Oaks8.8 mi away

9%5,164

Burbank24.7 mi away

3%1,758

Moorpark7.5 mi away

3%1,678

Camarillo16.5 mi away

2%1,225

Santa Clarita17.5 mi away

2%1,054

Westlake Village9.9 mi away

2%980

San Buenaventura (Ventura)28.9 mi away

2%979

Oxnard26.6 mi away

1%684

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%18,580

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

How far

How far Simi Valley commutes

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

35%

30%

19%

17%

35%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Simi Valley is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Simi Valley are

32,540 jobs are based in Simi Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Simi Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Simi Valley

32,540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Simi Valley residents hold

57,325 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−4%

Jobs based in Simi Valley, 2013 → 2023: 33,901 → 32,540. 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.