Work & commute · Alum Rock

Work & commute in Alum Rock, CA

Most working residents leave Alum Rock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Jose (39%), Santa Clara (7%) and Fremont (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 4,900 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,831 Alum Rock residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 849 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alum Rock.

4,831live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

849work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alum Rock goes to work

San Jose5.1 mi away

39%1,904

Santa Clara7.9 mi away

7%341

Fremont10.8 mi away

5%256

Sunnyvale11.2 mi away

4%194

San Francisco70.7 mi away

4%192

Milpitas5.7 mi away

4%182

Palo Alto17.6 mi away

2%120

Mountain View14.2 mi away

2%89

Campbell9.4 mi away

1%71

Alum Rock (in town)right here

1%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,482

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

How far

How far Alum Rock commutes

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

53%

22%

14%

10%

53%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alum Rock is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alum Rock are

918 jobs are based in Alum Rock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alum Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alum Rock

918 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Alum Rock residents hold

4,900 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+6%

Jobs based in Alum Rock, 2013 → 2023: 866 → 918. 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.