Pierce Ranch · Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Dillon Beach, CA
72% of workers work from home; California has 17%. Hardly any stay in Dillon Beach for work; outside it, San Francisco is the main destination (12%, 44 miles). 54 jobs are based in Dillon Beach; 75 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Dillon Beach on a workday
On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 54 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.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 towns that employ Dillon Beach’s residents
Where Dillon Beach clocks in
7% 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.
Jobs in Dillon Beach: what the 54 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dillon Beach, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 54. 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 Dillon Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Dillon Beach
of Dillon Beach workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32 commuters (the 72% 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.
How many miles Dillon Beach commutes
About 28% 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 Dillon Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Dillon Beach?
$209,536 (±$102,706) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dillon Beach?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Dillon Beach work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (12%, 44 mi), Point Reyes Station (7%, 14 mi), Santa Rosa (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dillon Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dillon Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dillon Beach
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.