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Work & commute · Twin Lakes

Work & commute in Twin Lakes, CA

Most working residents leave Twin Lakes for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Cruz (22%), Live Oak (7%) and San Jose (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
45 of 1,807 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,762 Twin Lakes residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 894 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Twin Lakes.

1,762live here, work elsewhere
45live and work here
894work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Twin Lakes goes to work

CapitolaScotts ValleyWatsonvilleSanta CruzSalinasSan JoseSan FranciscoTwin LakesPleasure PointRio del MarLive OakSoquelAptosSanta CruzLive OakSan JoseCapitolaWatsonvilleSan FranciscoScotts ValleySoquelAptosTwin Lakes
1
Santa Cruz2.6 mi away
22%398
2
Live Oak1.8 mi away
7%129
3
San Jose25.1 mi away
6%114
4
Capitola2.3 mi away
4%75
5
Watsonville12.4 mi away
4%74
6
San Francisco77.9 mi away
4%70
7
Scotts Valley6.6 mi away
4%69
8
Twin Lakes (in town)right here
2%45
9
Soquel3.5 mi away
2%38
10
Aptos5.8 mi away
2%38
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%757

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

How far

How far Twin Lakes commutes

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

49%Under 10 mi
15%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Twin Lakes is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Twin Lakes are

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

Jobs based in Twin Lakes

939 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)86%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Twin Lakes residents hold

1,807 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month64%
−5%

Jobs based in Twin Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 992 → 939. 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.

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