Moss Landing draws 383 commuters a day, with 2.8 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers (California 17%). 384 jobs are based in Moss Landing; 136 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Moss Landing itself; outside it, Watsonville draws the most (13%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Moss Landing for work, and who comes in
On a workday 135 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 290 people are in Moss Landing on a workday afternoon, 551% more 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 in to Moss Landing: where workers come from
Where Moss Landing clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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.
Most jobs in Moss Landing are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moss Landing, 2013 → 2023: 698 → 384. 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 Moss Landing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Moss Landing
of Moss Landing workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Moss Landing
About 26% 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 Moss Landing: questions
What is the poverty rate in Moss Landing?
11.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Moss Landing work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watsonville (13%, 8 mi), Santa Cruz (9%, 18 mi), Salinas (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Moss Landing 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 Moss Landing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moss Landing
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.