Whitley Gardens has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 26 jobs in Whitley Gardens for 120 working residents. Hardly any work in Whitley Gardens; the top destination outside it is El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) (20%, 8 miles). 25% of workers have no commute at all, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Whitley Gardens on a workday afternoon
On a workday 119 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Whitley Gardens on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Out of Whitley Gardens to work: where people go
Where Whitley Gardens clocks in
20% of workers
10% 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 Whitley Gardens, 88% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitley Gardens, 2014 → 2024: 8 → 26. 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 Whitley Gardens’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Whitley Gardens
of Whitley Gardens workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 commuters (the 25% 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 Whitley Gardens’ workers travel
About 26% 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 Whitley Gardens: questions
What is the median household income in Whitley Gardens?
$28,214 (±$12,703) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitley Gardens?
68.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Whitley Gardens work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) (20%, 8 mi), San Luis Obispo (10%, 28 mi), Atascadero (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Whitley Gardens without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whitley Gardens, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitley Gardens
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.