Photo: Perdelsky / Perdelsky at en.wikipedia · Public domainMost of Jacumba commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 30% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole. 28 jobs are based in Jacumba, and 208 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Jacumba itself; outside it, San Diego draws the most (24%, 56 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Jacumba, in brief
Jacumba’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Jacumba is San Diego, 56 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (49) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
52% 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 ↓
Jacumba is a place people come home to
There are 28 jobs based in Jacumba, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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 208 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Half of Jacumba commutes less than 51 miles
About 52% 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.
Who commutes out of Jacumba, and who commutes in
On a workday 207 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Jacumba on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Where Jacumba’s working residents head each day
Where Jacumba clocks in
24% of workers
4% 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 Jacumba
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jacumba, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 28. 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 Jacumba’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Jacumba
of Jacumba workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 144 commuters (the 30% 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.
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 Jacumba: questions
What is the poverty rate in Jacumba?
46.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Jacumba work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Diego (24%, 56 mi), El Cajon (4%, 46 mi), Boulevard (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jacumba 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 Jacumba, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jacumba
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.