Creston has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
18 jobs are based in Creston, and 42 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Creston itself; outside it, El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) draws the most (24%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Creston, and who commutes in
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Creston goes to work
Where Creston clocks in
24% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Creston
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Creston, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 18. 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 Creston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Creston
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 Creston: questions
Where do people who live in Creston work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) (24%, 11 mi), Atascadero (14%, 10 mi), San Luis Obispo (12%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Creston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Creston
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.