Work & commute · Toro Canyon

Work & commute in Toro Canyon, CA

Most working residents leave Toro Canyon for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Barbara (22%), Carpinteria (11%) and Goleta (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 561 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 533 Toro Canyon residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 1,050 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Toro Canyon.

533live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

1,050work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Toro Canyon goes to work

Santa Barbara8.7 mi away

22%123

Carpinteria4.1 mi away

11%61

Goleta16.9 mi away

5%29

Toro Canyon (in town)right here

5%28

Los Angeles71.5 mi away

4%22

Summerland1.5 mi away

3%18

San Buenaventura (Ventura)20.7 mi away

3%16

Oxnard25.6 mi away

3%16

Montecito4 mi away

3%16

Eastern Goleta Valley12.7 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%221

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

How far

How far Toro Canyon commutes

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

48%

14%

30%

48%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Toro Canyon is a job hub

1.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Toro Canyon are

1,078 jobs are based in Toro Canyon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Toro Canyon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Toro Canyon

1,078 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Toro Canyon residents hold

561 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−3%

Jobs based in Toro Canyon, 2013 → 2023: 1,106 → 1,078. 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.

Work & commute in Toro Canyon, CA

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Toro Canyon goes to work

How far Toro Canyon commutes

Toro Canyon is a job hub

What the jobs in Toro Canyon are

Jobs based in Toro Canyon

Jobs Toro Canyon residents hold

How to read this page

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