Work & commute · Bodega Bay

Work & commute in Bodega Bay, CA

Most working residents leave Bodega Bay for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Rosa (7%), Sebastopol (5%) and San Francisco (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

27 of 263 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 236 Bodega Bay residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 435 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bodega Bay.

236live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

435work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bodega Bay goes to work

Bodega Bay (in town)right here

10%27

Santa Rosa19.2 mi away

7%18

Sebastopol11.9 mi away

5%14

San Francisco41.8 mi away

4%10

Petaluma22.7 mi away

3%8

San Rafael37.4 mi away

3%7

Healdsburg21.9 mi away

2%6

Napa39.6 mi away

2%6

San Diego504.5 mi away

2%6

Cazadero14.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%155

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

How far

How far Bodega Bay commutes

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

18%

30%

17%

35%

18%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bodega Bay is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bodega Bay are

462 jobs are based in Bodega Bay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bodega Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bodega Bay

462 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Bodega Bay residents hold

263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+26%

Jobs based in Bodega Bay, 2013 → 2023: 367 → 462. 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.