Most of San Lucas commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Employers in San Lucas report 42 jobs; 152 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in San Lucas itself; outside it, King City draws the most (15%, 9 miles). 5% of workers work from home, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in San Lucas by day
On a workday 151 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24 people are in San Lucas on a workday afternoon, 82% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where San Lucas’ working residents head each day
Where San Lucas clocks in
15% of workers
15% 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.
Goods, not services: 36% of the jobs in San Lucas
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in San Lucas, 2014 → 2024: 5 → 42. 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 Lucas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in San Lucas
of San Lucas workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 37 commuters (the 5% 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 it is to work from San Lucas
About 46% 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 Lucas: questions
What is the median household income in San Lucas?
$56,094 (±$12,710) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in San Lucas?
17.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in San Lucas work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are King City (15%, 9 mi), Salinas (15%, 52 mi), Soledad (9%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around San Lucas 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 Lucas, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Lucas
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.