Work & commute · Zayante

Work & commute in Zayante, CA

Most working residents leave Zayante for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Jose (14%), Santa Cruz (11%) and Scotts Valley (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 316 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 313 Zayante residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zayante.

313live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zayante goes to work

San Jose19 mi away

14%43

Santa Cruz7.9 mi away

11%36

Scotts Valley2.8 mi away

8%25

Live Oak7.9 mi away

5%16

Felton4.1 mi away

4%13

San Francisco70 mi away

3%9

Ben Lomond2.7 mi away

3%9

Palo Alto22 mi away

2%7

Soquel8.1 mi away

2%7

Mountain View21.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%145

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

How far

How far Zayante commutes

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

41%

30%

13%

16%

41%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zayante is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Zayante are

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

Jobs based in Zayante

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Zayante residents hold

316 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−56%

Jobs based in Zayante, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 30. 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.