Kuchamaa · Photo: UncleMunkle · CC BY-SA 3.0Potrero has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
56 jobs are based in Potrero for 296 working residents. Hardly any work in Potrero itself; outside it, San Diego draws the most (27%, 33 miles). 100.0% of residents live below the poverty line (California 12.0%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Potrero apart
Potrero’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Potrero is San Diego, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (79) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Potrero is a place people come home to
There are 56 jobs based in Potrero, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Potrero has about 180 people in it, 58% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 296 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Potrero
About 22% 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.
Who leaves Potrero for work, and who comes in
On a workday 296 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Potrero on a workday afternoon, 58% 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 Potrero goes to work
Where Potrero clocks in
27% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Potrero
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Potrero, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 56. 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 Potrero’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Potrero: questions
What is the median household income in Potrero?
$10,354 (±$1,611) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Potrero?
100.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Potrero work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Diego (27%, 33 mi), El Cajon (8%, 24 mi), Chula Vista (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Potrero, from the people who make the trip.
More of Potrero
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.