Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station · Photo: Jack Boucher · Public domainAguanga has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
59 jobs are based in Aguanga; 275 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Aguanga; the top destination outside it is Temecula (15%, 16 miles). Home is the office for 30% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Aguanga
Aguanga is a place people come home to
There are 59 jobs based in Aguanga, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Aguanga and Temecula trade workers both ways
Temecula is the top workplace for Aguanga residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Aguanga come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 275 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Aguanga by day and by night
On a workday 272 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Aguanga on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Aguanga to work: where people go
Where Aguanga clocks in
15% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Half of Aguanga commutes less than 36 miles
About 37% 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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Aguanga works in goods: 32% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aguanga, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 59. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aguanga’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Aguanga
of Aguanga workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 171 commuters (the 30% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Aguanga: questions
What is the median household income in Aguanga?
$79,808 (±$45,084) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aguanga?
37.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Aguanga work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Temecula (15%, 16 mi), San Diego (6%, 46 mi), Los Angeles (5%, 98 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Aguanga without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aguanga, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aguanga
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.