Work & commute · Auburn

Work & commute in Auburn, CA

Most working residents leave Auburn for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are North Auburn (10%), Sacramento (9%) and Roseville (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

747 of 5,933 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,186 Auburn residents head out of town to work, 747 work right here, and 6,418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Auburn.

5,186live here, work elsewhere

747live and work here

6,418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Auburn goes to work

Auburn (in town)right here

13%747

North Auburn2.5 mi away

10%610

Sacramento30.9 mi away

9%555

Roseville15.7 mi away

9%528

Rocklin11.1 mi away

3%181

Folsom16.2 mi away

3%153

Rancho Cordova23.6 mi away

2%140

San Francisco133.2 mi away

2%135

Grass Valley22.5 mi away

2%106

Arden-Arcade26.3 mi away

2%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,687

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

How far

How far Auburn commutes

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

30%

29%

18%

23%

30%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Auburn is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Auburn are

7,165 jobs are based in Auburn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Auburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Auburn

7,165 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Auburn residents hold

5,933 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−24%

Jobs based in Auburn, 2013 → 2023: 9,384 → 7,165. 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.