Photo: Fettlemap · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Camarillo top those of 85% of U.S. towns
About one in five stay in Camarillo for work; outside it, Los Angeles is the main destination (13%, 38 miles). Below the poverty line: 8.5% of residents, next to 12.0% for California as a whole. Jobs and income earn Camarillo B+; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Camarillo apart on work
Camarillo trades workers with the towns around it
Camarillo has about as many jobs (33,142) as working residents (30,878), but they are mostly different people: 25,596 residents leave for work each day while 27,860 people come in. Only 16% of the jobs in Camarillo are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Camarillo’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Camarillo is Los Angeles, 38 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (3,890) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Camarillo are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 46 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.
Camarillo’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Camarillo is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #290 of 847 in California. Household income holds Camarillo’s grade up ($113,428, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Camarillo could be anywhere from B to A−.
How a workday changes Camarillo
On a workday 25,596 residents head out to work, 5,282 work right here, and 27,860 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Short hops and long hauls from Camarillo
About 19% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Camarillo
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camarillo workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 26,473 commuters (the 19% 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.
Where people from Camarillo work
Where Camarillo clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
Camarillo works in goods: 30% of its jobs
33,142 jobs are based in Camarillo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camarillo, 2013 → 2023: 28,476 → 33,142. 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 Camarillo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Camarillo is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Camarillo is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns, #540 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% 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 32,526 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 15% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% 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). 5.5% of Camarillo households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Camarillo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 651 U.S. towns of 48,000 to 93,000, Camarillo comes 290th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | Cupertino CA | 58,333 | $235K | 4.1% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | South San Francisco CA | 64,941 | $137K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Dublin CA | 71,602 | $214K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 288 | Clifton NJ | 91,127 | $98K | 7.9% | 7.1% | 10% | B+ |
| 289 | Mooresville NC | 55,842 | $90K | 7.3% | 4.4% | 24% | B+ |
| 290 | Camarillo CA | 68,652 | $113K | 8.5% | 5.5% | 17% | B+ |
| 291 | Redlands CA | 74,128 | $105K | 9.1% | 5.5% | 19% | B+ |
| 292 | Silver Spring MD | 81,462 | $100K | 10.6% | 5.4% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 651 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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 Camarillo, the top three, the last and three more from California.
10% of Camarillo works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Camarillo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camarillo | – | B+ | B+ | 23 min | $113,428 |
| Thousand Oaks | 10% | B+ | A | 25 min | $135,603 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Thousand Oaks. Darker towns draw more of Camarillo’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 Camarillo: questions
What is the median household income in Camarillo?
$113,428 (±$6,214) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camarillo?
8.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camarillo?
23 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camarillo work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (13%, 38 mi), Thousand Oaks (10%, 9 mi), Oxnard (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Camarillo walkable?
Camarillo is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Camarillo without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Camarillo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camarillo
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.