Work & commute · Acalanes Ridge

Work & commute in Acalanes Ridge, CA

Most working residents leave Acalanes Ridge for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (19%), Walnut Creek (12%) and Oakland (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 511 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 507 Acalanes Ridge residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Acalanes Ridge.

507live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Acalanes Ridge goes to work

San Francisco53.5 mi away

19%97

Walnut Creek2.1 mi away

12%62

Oakland12.3 mi away

9%46

Pleasant Hill3.4 mi away

4%18

Lafayette2.5 mi away

4%18

Concord6.3 mi away

3%17

Berkeley12.3 mi away

3%14

San Jose44.5 mi away

2%12

San Leandro14.7 mi away

2%10

Martinez6.7 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%207

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Acalanes Ridge commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

31%

46%

14%

31%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Acalanes Ridge is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.48 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Acalanes Ridge are

245 jobs are based in Acalanes Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Acalanes Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Acalanes Ridge

245 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Acalanes Ridge residents hold

511 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+380%

Jobs based in Acalanes Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 245. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.