Work & commute · Antioch

Work & commute in Antioch, CA

Most working residents leave Antioch for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (9%), Concord (6%) and Oakland (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

4,690 of 46,384 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 41,694 Antioch residents head out of town to work, 4,690 work right here, and 16,619 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Antioch.

41,694live here, work elsewhere

4,690live and work here

16,619work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Antioch goes to work

Antioch (in town)right here

10%4,690

San Francisco69.5 mi away

9%4,386

Concord11.1 mi away

6%2,957

Oakland27.4 mi away

6%2,731

Walnut Creek14.2 mi away

5%2,157

Pittsburg6.2 mi away

4%1,942

Martinez17.3 mi away

3%1,407

San Jose47.2 mi away

3%1,354

Brentwood5.2 mi away

3%1,317

Livermore20.2 mi away

2%804

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%22,639

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

How far

How far Antioch commutes

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

19%

27%

42%

12%

19%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Antioch is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Antioch are

21,309 jobs are based in Antioch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Antioch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Antioch

21,309 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Antioch residents hold

46,384 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+23%

Jobs based in Antioch, 2013 → 2023: 17,373 → 21,309. 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.