Work & commute · Templeton

Work & commute in Templeton, CA

Most working residents leave Templeton for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) (14%), San Luis Obispo (12%) and Atascadero (12%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

446 of 3,481 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,035 Templeton residents head out of town to work, 446 work right here, and 3,832 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Templeton.

3,035live here, work elsewhere

446live and work here

3,832work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Templeton goes to work

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)6.3 mi away

14%472

Templeton (in town)right here

13%446

San Luis Obispo20.2 mi away

12%433

Atascadero5.1 mi away

12%416

Los Angeles168.6 mi away

3%90

Santa Maria45.7 mi away

2%75

Morro Bay15 mi away

1%45

Bakersfield95.6 mi away

1%41

Arroyo Grande30.8 mi away

1%33

Fresno99.1 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,397

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

How far

How far Templeton commutes

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

43%

24%

27%

43%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Templeton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Templeton are

4,278 jobs are based in Templeton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Templeton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Templeton

4,278 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Templeton residents hold

3,481 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+14%

Jobs based in Templeton, 2013 → 2023: 3,768 → 4,278. 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.