Work & commute · Somis

Work & commute in Somis, CA

Most working residents leave Somis for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (16%), Camarillo (11%) and Oxnard (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 640 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 632 Somis residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 577 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somis.

632live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

577work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somis goes to work

Los Angeles37.7 mi away

16%101

Camarillo3.6 mi away

11%70

Oxnard12.8 mi away

9%55

San Buenaventura (Ventura)14.6 mi away

8%52

Thousand Oaks8.7 mi away

8%51

Moorpark7.1 mi away

4%24

Simi Valley14.3 mi away

3%19

Burbank38.7 mi away

2%11

Somis (in town)right here

1%8

Santa Monica33.6 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%242

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

How far

How far Somis commutes

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

30%

29%

21%

20%

30%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somis is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Somis are

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

Jobs based in Somis

585 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Somis residents hold

640 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−36%

Jobs based in Somis, 2013 → 2023: 907 → 585. 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.