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Work & commute in Whitley Gardens · A commuter town

100% of Whitley Gardens’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Whitley Gardens for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) (24%), San Luis Obispo (10%) and Atascadero (9%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 112 working residents
Typical commute
27 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
25%
More than CA (17%)
Jobs based here
15
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Whitley Gardens?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

24% of working residents work in El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Pismo Beach: 2 residents work here (2%)King City: 3 residents work here (3%)San Luis Obispo: 11 residents work here (10%)OrangeSanta Maria: 2 residents work here (2%)Atascadero: 10 residents work here (9%)El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles): 27 residents work here (24%)Sunnyvale: 2 residents work here (2%)Avenal: 2 residents work here (2%)EscondidoLos Angeles: 3 residents work here (3%)BrackettvilleFreedomWhitley GardensTempleton: 4 residents work here (4%)El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)San Luis ObispoAtascaderoTempletonKing CityLos AngelesWhitley Gardens
2
San Luis Obispo28.4 mi away
10%11
3
Atascadero15.5 mi away
9%10
4
Templeton13.7 mi away
4%4
5
King City52.1 mi away
3%3
6
Los Angeles164.1 mi away
3%3
7
Pismo Beach36 mi away
2%2
8
Santa Maria50.1 mi away
2%2
9
Sunnyvale146.2 mi away
2%2
10
Avenal33.9 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%46
The top trips

Where Whitley Gardens clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

Working from home in Whitley Gardens

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
25%

of Whitley Gardens workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
Day and night

Whitley Gardens quiets down on a workday

On a workday 112 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.

112live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
15work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night240
Workday150
240live here− 110head out to work+ 15come in to work= 150on a workday

About 150 people are in Whitley Gardens on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.13jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Whitley Gardens commutes less than 27 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miEl Paso de Robles (Paso Robles): 24% · 8.2 miSan Luis Obispo: 10% · 28.4 miAtascadero: 9% · 15.5 miTempleton: 4% · 13.7 miKing City: 3% · 52.1 miLos Angeles: 3% · 164.1 miPismo Beach: 2% · 36 miSanta Maria: 2% · 50.1 miSunnyvale: 2% · 146.2 miAvenal: 2% · 33.9 miSan Luis Obispo 10%Atascadero 9%Templeton 4%King City 3%Whitley Gardens
Whitley GardensTop destinations (size = commuters)
16%Under 10 mi18 residents
33%10–24 mi37 residents
20%25–50 mi22 residents
31%Over 50 mi35 residents

About 31% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Whitley Gardens makes things: 93% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in Whitley GardensJobs Whitley Gardens residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms93%16%
Trade, transport & utilities0%17%
Services: health, schools, offices7%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less40%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%21%
Over $3,333 a month33%63%

Who does it

29 or younger27%24%
30 to 5453%47%
55 and older20%29%
+150%

Jobs based in Whitley Gardens, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 15. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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