Work & commute · Summerland

Work & commute in Summerland, CA

Most working residents leave Summerland for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Barbara (20%), Carpinteria (10%) and Toro Canyon (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 363 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

42%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 341 Summerland residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 505 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summerland.

341live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

505work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summerland goes to work

Santa Barbara7.3 mi away

20%73

Carpinteria5 mi away

10%38

Toro Canyon1.5 mi away

8%30

Summerland (in town)right here

6%22

Los Angeles72.6 mi away

5%18

Goleta15.5 mi away

4%14

Oxnard26.4 mi away

3%10

Eastern Goleta Valley11.4 mi away

2%8

Montecito2.6 mi away

2%7

San Buenaventura (Ventura)21.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%138

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

How far

How far Summerland commutes

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

53%

33%

53%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summerland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Summerland are

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

Jobs based in Summerland

527 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Summerland residents hold

363 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+25%

Jobs based in Summerland, 2013 → 2023: 420 → 527. 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.