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Work & commute in Albany, CA

Most working residents leave Albany for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (26%), Berkeley (17%) and Oakland (12%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
451 of 7,684 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
38%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,233 Albany residents head out of town to work, 451 work right here, and 3,377 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albany.

7,233live here, work elsewhere
451live and work here
3,377work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Albany goes to work

EmeryvilleAlbanySan PabloEl CerritoHerculesAlamedaBerkeleyVallejoRichmondSan JoseLos AngelesSan FranciscoOaklandKensingtonSan FranciscoBerkeleyOaklandRichmondEmeryvilleSan JoseAlamedaLos AngelesEl CerritoAlbany
1
San Francisco40.6 mi away
26%2,036
2
Berkeley2 mi away
17%1,291
3
Oakland9.7 mi away
12%950
4
Albany (in town)right here
6%451
5
Richmond4.8 mi away
4%273
6
Emeryville3.7 mi away
2%162
7
San Jose49.5 mi away
1%110
8
Alameda10.7 mi away
1%106
9
Los Angeles345.3 mi away
1%104
10
El Cerrito2.2 mi away
1%95
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%2,106

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

How far

How far Albany commutes

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

59%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
11%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Albany is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Albany are

3,828 jobs are based in Albany. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Albany’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Albany

3,828 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)78%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Albany residents hold

7,684 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)82%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%
Over $3,333 a month74%
−0%

Jobs based in Albany, 2013 → 2023: 3,830 → 3,828. 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.

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