Bonita has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Measured by household income, Bonita is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns. 2,167 jobs are based in Bonita for 5,692 working residents. Bonita grades A− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bonita at work: what stands out
Much of Bonita works one town over
62% of working residents work in a town that borders Bonita: San Diego (44%), Chula Vista (14%) and National City (4%). Next door ↓
Bonita has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bonita went from 1,429 in 2013 to 2,167 in 2023, +52%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Bonita are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Bonita’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bonita is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #164 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Bonita’s grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bonita could be anywhere from B to A+.
Services make up most of the work in Bonita
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bonita, 2013 → 2023: 1,429 → 2,167. 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 Bonita’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Bonita: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bonita workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,544 commuters (the 16% 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.
Who works in Bonita, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 5,561 residents head out to work, 131 work right here, and 2,036 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,100 people are in Bonita on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
44% of working residents work in San Diego
Where Bonita clocks in
44% of workers
14% of workers
4% 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.
How far Bonita goes to work
About 20% 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.
Bonita is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bonita is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #636 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,391 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 4% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.7% of Bonita households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Bonita’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bonita is 703rd of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 15 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 701 | Elkhorn WI | 10,045 | $78K | 7.6% | 1.3% | 16% | A− |
| 702 | South Abington Township PA | 9,624 | $114K | 2.9% | 5.0% | 9% | A− |
| 703 | Bonita CA | 12,652 | $119K | 7.5% | 4.8% | 2% | A− |
| 704 | Grain Valley MO | 16,908 | $90K | 9.7% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| 705 | Great Neck NY | 11,141 | $138K | 6.6% | 6.7% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bonita, the top three, the last and three more from California.
62% of Bonita works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to San Diego (44%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bonita workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonita | – | A− | B | 24 min | $118,674 |
| Chula Vista | 14% | B+ | A | 29 min | $108,032 |
| National City | 4% | C+ | A+ | 25 min | $66,841 |
| San Diego | 44% | B+ | A | 24 min | $108,077 |
| La Presa | under 1% | B | A− | 27 min | $93,479 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bonita’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bonita: questions
What is the median household income in Bonita?
$118,674 (±$11,367) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bonita?
7.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bonita?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bonita work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Diego (44%, 13 mi), Chula Vista (14%, 3 mi), National City (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bonita walkable?
Bonita is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bonita without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bonita, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bonita
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.