Muir Beach has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
For 54% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across California. Employers in Muir Beach report 53 jobs; 139 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Muir Beach itself; outside it, San Francisco draws the most (30%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Muir Beach
On a workday 136 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Muir Beach on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where people from Muir Beach work
Where Muir Beach clocks in
5% of workers
4% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Muir Beach
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Muir Beach, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 53. 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 Muir Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way for Muir Beach’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Muir Beach workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 76 commuters (the 54% 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.
How far Muir Beach goes to work
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 Muir Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Muir Beach?
$140,227 (±$68,298) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Muir Beach?
8.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Muir Beach?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 54% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Muir Beach work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (30%, 10 mi), Fairfax (5%, 9 mi), San Anselmo (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Muir Beach 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 Muir Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Muir Beach
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.