Pajaro Dunes has 3.5 jobs for every working resident: 152 people commute in to work
Hardly any work in Pajaro Dunes itself; outside it, Watsonville draws the most (19%, 4 miles). 152 jobs are based in Pajaro Dunes, and 43 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers work from home, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Pajaro Dunes, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 43 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 250 people are in Pajaro Dunes on a workday afternoon, 76% 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.
Who travels to work in Pajaro Dunes, and from where
Where Pajaro Dunes clocks in
19% of workers
12% of workers
9% 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.
In Pajaro Dunes, 43% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pajaro Dunes, 2013 → 2023: 269 → 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 Pajaro Dunes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Pajaro Dunes
of Pajaro Dunes workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32 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.
Where in the region Pajaro Dunes works
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 Pajaro Dunes: questions
What is the median household income in Pajaro Dunes?
$112,500 (±$73,536) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pajaro Dunes?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pajaro Dunes work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watsonville (19%, 4 mi), San Jose (12%, 30 mi), Santa Cruz (9%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pajaro Dunes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pajaro Dunes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pajaro Dunes
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.