With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Loma Mar works elsewhere
9% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. 16 jobs are based in Loma Mar for 46 working residents. Only 2% stay in Loma Mar for work; outside it, San Francisco is the main destination (9%, 36 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Loma Mar: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Loma Mar on a workday afternoon, 10% 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.
Commuting out of Loma Mar: the destinations
Where Loma Mar clocks in
Lines 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.
In Loma Mar, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loma Mar, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 16. 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 Loma Mar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Loma Mar
of Loma Mar workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 131 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where in the region Loma Mar works
About 20% 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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Loma Mar: questions
What is the median household income in Loma Mar?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loma Mar?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Loma Mar work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (9%, 36 mi), Redwood City (7%, 18 mi), Pescadero (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Loma Mar 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 Loma Mar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loma Mar
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.