Work & commute · Trabuco Canyon

Work & commute in Trabuco Canyon, CA

Most working residents leave Trabuco Canyon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Irvine (13%), Los Angeles (8%) and Orange (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 408 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 400 Trabuco Canyon residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trabuco Canyon.

400live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

352work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trabuco Canyon goes to work

Irvine10.2 mi away

13%53

Los Angeles52.5 mi away

8%32

Orange17.1 mi away

5%21

Lake Forest5 mi away

5%19

Costa Mesa18.3 mi away

5%19

Rancho Santa Margarita3.2 mi away

4%18

Anaheim15.5 mi away

4%18

Mission Viejo6 mi away

4%17

Santa Ana17.1 mi away

4%17

San Diego64.6 mi away

3%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%182

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

How far

How far Trabuco Canyon commutes

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

25%

43%

17%

16%

25%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trabuco Canyon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Trabuco Canyon are

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

Jobs based in Trabuco Canyon

360 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Trabuco Canyon residents hold

408 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+84%

Jobs based in Trabuco Canyon, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 360. 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.