Anacapa Island Light Station (Boundary Increase) · Photo: United States Coast Guard · Public domainChannel Islands Beach has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
789 jobs are based in Channel Islands Beach for 1,623 working residents. Jobs and income earn Channel Islands Beach A; getting around on foot earns it B. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Channel Islands Beach: the figures worth knowing
The better-paid jobs are outside Channel Islands Beach
63% of Channel Islands Beach residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 22% of the jobs based in Channel Islands Beach pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Jobs in Channel Islands Beach have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Channel Islands Beach went from 391 in 2014 to 789 in 2024, +102%. The jobs ↓
Channel Islands Beach’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Channel Islands Beach is Los Angeles, 48 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (281) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
38% of the jobs based in Channel Islands Beach are held by workers 29 or younger, against 18% of Channel Islands Beach’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% 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 2024, 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.
Jobs & income in Channel Islands Beach: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Channel Islands Beach is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #84 of 847 in California. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Channel Islands Beach’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Channel Islands Beach could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Channel Islands Beach, 2014 → 2024: 391 → 789. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Channel Islands Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Channel Islands Beach’s workers travel
About 40% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How many people are in Channel Islands Beach by day
On a workday 1,582 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 748 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Channel Islands Beach on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2024, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Channel Islands Beach clocks in
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.
Channel Islands Beach’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Channel Islands Beach workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,369 commuters (the 14% 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.
Channel Islands Beach is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Channel Islands Beach is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #617 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% 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 1,583 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% 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). 0.0% of Channel Islands Beach households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Channel Islands Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700, Channel Islands Beach ranks 435th of 4,969 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 433 | Sugar Creek Township IN | 2,168 | $91K | 5.3% | 1.0% | 3% | A |
| 434 | Jefferson WI | 2,060 | $100K | 2.7% | 0.6% | 2% | A |
| 435 | Channel Islands Beach CA | 2,726 | $107K | 4.8% | 2.7% | 3% | A |
| 436 | West Lake Hills TX | 3,229 | $198K | 9.5% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| 437 | Marine Township IL | 2,282 | $98K | 2.9% | 3.2% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 0% | 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 Channel Islands Beach, the top three, the last and three more from California.
10% of Channel Islands Beach works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Channel Islands Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channel Islands Beach | – | A | B | 29 min | $107,380 |
| Oxnard | 10% | B | A− | 25 min | $96,212 |
| Port Hueneme | under 2% | B− | A | 23 min | $92,660 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Oxnard. Darker towns draw more of Channel Islands Beach’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 2024, 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 Channel Islands Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Channel Islands Beach?
$107,380 (±$45,229) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Channel Islands Beach?
4.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Channel Islands Beach?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Channel Islands Beach work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (17%, 48 mi), San Buenaventura (Ventura) (11%, 7 mi), Oxnard (10%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Channel Islands Beach walkable?
Channel Islands Beach is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Channel Islands Beach without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Channel Islands Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Channel Islands Beach
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.