Santa Susana has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Santa Susana is better than 82% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C). Santa Susana has 94 jobs for 439 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Santa Susana, in brief
Santa Susana’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Santa Susana is Los Angeles, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 26% of working residents (116) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Santa Susana is a place people come home to
There are 94 jobs based in Santa Susana, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Santa Susana has about 890 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 439 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Santa Susana’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Santa Susana’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Santa Susana could be anywhere from C to A+.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Santa Susana
About 17% 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.
Santa Susana by day and by night
On a workday 434 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Santa Susana 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 2024, primary jobs.
26% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Santa Susana clocks in
8% 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 Santa Susana, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Santa Susana, 2014 → 2024: 80 → 94. 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 Santa Susana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Santa Susana: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Santa Susana workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 570 commuters (the 16% 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.
For most of Santa Susana, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 675 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 87% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Santa Susana households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Santa Susana’s commuters take a bus or train.
Santa Susana next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 431st of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 16 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 429 | Wooster AR | 1,150 | $112K | 5.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A− |
| 430 | Valmeyer IL | 1,204 | $95K | 4.8% | 0.6% | 2% | A− |
| 431 | Santa Susana CA | 1,235 | $100K | 4.8% | 3.3% | 1% | A− |
| 432 | Rafter J Ranch WY | 1,293 | $161K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 433 | North Redington Beach FL | 1,444 | $103K | 8.2% | 8.4% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Santa Susana, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Bordering towns draw 18% of Santa Susana’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Santa Susana workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Susana | – | A− | C | 26 min | $99,783 |
| Simi Valley | 18% | B+ | B+ | 27 min | $122,081 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Simi Valley. Darker towns draw more of Santa Susana’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Santa Susana: questions
What is the median household income in Santa Susana?
$99,783 (±$62,655) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Santa Susana?
4.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Santa Susana?
26 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Santa Susana work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (26%, 22 mi), Simi Valley (18%, 5 mi), Thousand Oaks (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Santa Susana walkable?
Santa Susana is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Santa Susana without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Santa Susana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Santa Susana
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.