Jobs, income and commuting in Los Berros, CA
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 17% for California as a whole. Hardly any work in Los Berros; the top destination outside it is San Luis Obispo (17%, 15 miles). Los Berros has 152 jobs for 228 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Los Berros stands out on work
Working from home in Los Berros
of Los Berros workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 80 commuters (the 0% 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.
Los Berros by day and by night
On a workday 228 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere.
About 69 people are in Los Berros on a workday afternoon, 52% fewer than live here.
0.67 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.
Commuting out of Los Berros: the destinations
Where Los Berros clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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.
Making and building: 71% of jobs based in Los Berros
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Los Berros, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 152. 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 Los Berros’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Los Berros
About 29% 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 Los Berros: questions
What is the median household income in Los Berros?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Los Berros?
13.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Los Berros work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Luis Obispo (17%, 15 mi), Santa Maria (11%, 12 mi), Arroyo Grande (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Los Berros 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 Los Berros, from the people who make the trip.
More of Los Berros
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.