Photo: Hotboxers · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Mount Laguna
The Census job records count 22 working residents of Mount Laguna and no jobs based in it. 0% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%). Hardly any work in Mount Laguna itself; outside it, San Diego draws the most (36%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Mount Laguna by day
On a workday 22 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 71 people are in Mount Laguna on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where Mount Laguna goes to work
Where Mount Laguna clocks in
36% of workers
5% 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.
Working from home in Mount Laguna
of Mount Laguna workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29 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.
Half of Mount Laguna commutes less than 42 miles
About 27% 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.
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 Mount Laguna: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Laguna?
$55,066 (±$40,345) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Laguna?
19.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mount Laguna work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Diego (36%, 40 mi), Gonzales (5%, 380 mi), El Cajon (5%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Mount Laguna 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 Mount Laguna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Laguna
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.