Photo: Missvain · CC BY 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Casmalia works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 17% across California. 5 jobs are based in Casmalia, and 93 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Casmalia for work; outside it, Santa Maria is the main destination (29%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Casmalia: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 93 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Casmalia on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
The places Casmalia commutes to
Where Casmalia clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
Most jobs in Casmalia are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Casmalia, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 5. 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 Casmalia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Casmalia
of Casmalia workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 commuters (the 0% 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.
The distance from Casmalia to work
About 22% 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.
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 Casmalia: questions
What is the poverty rate in Casmalia?
36.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Casmalia work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Maria (29%, 8 mi), San Luis Obispo (13%, 31 mi), Guadalupe (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Casmalia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 31% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Casmalia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Casmalia
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.