San Ardo at work: jobs, income and the commute
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where California as a whole has 17%. Hardly any work in San Ardo itself; outside it, San Jose draws the most (10%, 101 miles). Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, next to 29 for California and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through San Ardo
On a workday 127 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).
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 the trip to work from San Ardo ends
Where San Ardo clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
84% of the jobs in San Ardo pay over $3,333 a month
152 jobs are based in San Ardo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in San Ardo, 2014 → 2024: 141 → 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Ardo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way for San Ardo’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of San Ardo workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 177 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.
San Ardo’s commute, mile by mile
About 63% 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 San Ardo: questions
What is the poverty rate in San Ardo?
40.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from San Ardo?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in San Ardo work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Jose (10%, 101 mi), Salinas (9%, 61 mi), Greenfield (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around San Ardo 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 San Ardo, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Ardo
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.