Work & commute · Bolinas

Work & commute in Bolinas, CA

Most working residents leave Bolinas for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (17%), Stinson Beach (6%) and Oakland (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

53 of 395 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 342 Bolinas residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bolinas.

342live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bolinas goes to work

San Francisco22 mi away

17%67

Bolinas (in town)right here

13%53

Stinson Beach3.4 mi away

6%25

Oakland28.3 mi away

3%12

Petaluma22.8 mi away

3%10

Sacramento81 mi away

3%10

San Rafael11.9 mi away

2%8

San Mateo32.9 mi away

2%7

San Jose65.2 mi away

2%6

Los Angeles360.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%191

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

How far

How far Bolinas commutes

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

25%

35%

23%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bolinas is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bolinas are

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

Jobs based in Bolinas

231 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Bolinas residents hold

395 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−20%

Jobs based in Bolinas, 2013 → 2023: 288 → 231. 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.