Chualar has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Chualar itself; outside it, Salinas draws the most (23%, 11 miles). Employers in Chualar report 86 jobs, and 380 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers have no commute at all; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Chualar, in brief
Chualar and Salinas trade workers both ways
Salinas is the top workplace for Chualar residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Chualar come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Chualar is a place people come home to
There are 86 jobs based in Chualar, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Chualar has about 520 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Chualar workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 380 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Chualar to work: where people go
Where Chualar clocks in
23% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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 a workday changes Chualar
On a workday 378 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Chualar on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Chualar
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chualar workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 275 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.
Most jobs in Chualar are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chualar, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 86. 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 Chualar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Chualar goes to work
About 31% 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 Chualar: questions
What is the median household income in Chualar?
$59,125 (±$27,824) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chualar?
14.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chualar?
26 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chualar work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salinas (23%, 11 mi), Gonzales (9%, 6 mi), San Jose (7%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chualar without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chualar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chualar
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.