Work & commute · Soledad

Work & commute in Soledad, CA

Most working residents leave Soledad for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Salinas (17%), San Jose (6%) and Gonzales (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,826 of 9,393 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 7,567 Soledad residents head out of town to work, 1,826 work right here, and 5,046 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Soledad.

7,567live here, work elsewhere

1,826live and work here

5,046work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Soledad goes to work

Soledad (in town)right here

19%1,826

Salinas24.9 mi away

17%1,613

San Jose65.6 mi away

6%595

Gonzales8.5 mi away

3%281

Monterey33.4 mi away

3%254

Greenfield8.7 mi away

2%230

San Francisco130 mi away

2%163

King City18.3 mi away

1%137

Watsonville42.1 mi away

1%123

Santa Clara73.6 mi away

1%94

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%4,077

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

How far

How far Soledad commutes

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

29%

20%

17%

35%

29%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Soledad is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Soledad are

6,872 jobs are based in Soledad. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Soledad’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Soledad

6,872 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Soledad residents hold

9,393 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+37%

Jobs based in Soledad, 2013 → 2023: 5,027 → 6,872. 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.