Work & commute · Benicia

Work & commute in Benicia, CA

Most working residents leave Benicia for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (8%), Vallejo (7%) and Walnut Creek (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,662 of 11,687 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,025 Benicia residents head out of town to work, 1,662 work right here, and 11,338 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benicia.

10,025live here, work elsewhere

1,662live and work here

11,338work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Benicia goes to work

Benicia (in town)right here

14%1,662

San Francisco53.4 mi away

8%959

Vallejo6.3 mi away

7%783

Walnut Creek13.3 mi away

5%593

Oakland21.3 mi away

4%485

Fairfield14.7 mi away

4%473

Concord10.9 mi away

4%459

Martinez5.6 mi away

3%375

Richmond13.9 mi away

2%275

Napa17.4 mi away

2%227

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%5,396

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

How far

How far Benicia commutes

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

31%

39%

17%

13%

31%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Benicia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Benicia are

13,000 jobs are based in Benicia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Benicia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Benicia

13,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Benicia residents hold

11,687 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+16%

Jobs based in Benicia, 2013 → 2023: 11,200 → 13,000. 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.