For about half of its working residents, La Presa is a commute to San Diego
10% of workers have no commute at all, against 17% across California. Jobs and income earn La Presa B; getting around on foot earns it A−. Only 3% work in La Presa itself; outside it, San Diego draws the most (47%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
La Presa at work: what stands out
Nearly half of La Presa works in San Diego
7,370 working residents, 47%, have their main job in San Diego, 11 miles away across the town line. That’s 16 times as many as work in La Presa itself. The commute map ↓
La Presa is a place people come home to
There are 4,041 jobs based in La Presa, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday La Presa has about 23,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Why La Presa gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, La Presa is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #408 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds La Presa’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (8.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, La Presa could be anywhere from B− to B+.
Where the trip to work from La Presa ends
Where La Presa clocks in
47% of workers
6% 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.
Who commutes out of La Presa, and who commutes in
On a workday 15,161 residents head out to work, 503 work right here, and 3,538 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23,000 people are in La Presa on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.26 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 2024, primary jobs.
What La Presa’s employers do
4,041 jobs are based in La Presa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Presa, 2014 → 2024: 3,173 → 4,041. 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 La Presa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
La Presa’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Presa workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,765 commuters (the 10% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from La Presa
About 18% 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.
La Presa is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, La Presa is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #454 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.3% 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 16,343 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 87% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 7% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.2% of La Presa households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of La Presa’s commuters take a bus or train.
La Presa is 768th of 1,287 U.S. towns of 24,000 to 47,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | Lafayette CA | 25,313 | $228K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 766 | Randallstown MD | 35,957 | $86K | 9.2% | 6.7% | 2% | B |
| 767 | Casselberry FL | 31,872 | $62K | 12.2% | 3.1% | 3% | B |
| 768 | La Presa CA | 34,962 | $93K | 9.9% | 8.0% | 3% | B |
| 769 | Helena MT | 35,138 | $71K | 8.8% | 2.9% | 61% | B |
| 770 | Montgomery Village MD | 34,110 | $95K | 13.1% | 6.3% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,287 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 La Presa, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Bordering towns draw 48% of La Presa’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | La Presa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Presa | – | B | A− | 27 min | $93,479 |
| Spring Valley | under 2% | B | A− | 26 min | $109,110 |
| San Diego | 47% | B+ | A | 24 min | $108,077 |
| Bonita | under 2% | A− | B | 24 min | $118,674 |
| Lemon Grove | 1% | B+ | A | 29 min | $88,009 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to San Diego. Darker towns draw more of La Presa’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 La Presa: questions
What is the median household income in La Presa?
$93,479 (±$8,550) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Presa?
9.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Presa?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Presa work?
3% work in town.
Is La Presa walkable?
La Presa is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around La Presa without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 7% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Presa, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Presa
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.