Work & commute · Alamo

Work & commute in Alamo, CA

Most working residents leave Alamo for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (12%), Walnut Creek (8%) and Oakland (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

242 of 6,125 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,883 Alamo residents head out of town to work, 242 work right here, and 3,246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alamo.

5,883live here, work elsewhere

242live and work here

3,246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alamo goes to work

San Francisco56.3 mi away

12%733

Walnut Creek3.6 mi away

8%492

Oakland13 mi away

6%368

San Ramon7.6 mi away

4%258

San Jose40.1 mi away

4%248

Alamo (in town)right here

4%242

Danville3.8 mi away

4%240

Concord8.1 mi away

4%236

Pleasanton14.8 mi away

3%194

Santa Clara34 mi away

2%116

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,998

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

How far

How far Alamo commutes

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

29%

37%

21%

13%

29%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alamo is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alamo are

3,488 jobs are based in Alamo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alamo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alamo

3,488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Alamo residents hold

6,125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+41%

Jobs based in Alamo, 2013 → 2023: 2,475 → 3,488. 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.