Work & commute · Bret Harte

Work & commute in Bret Harte, CA

Most working residents leave Bret Harte for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Modesto (17%), Ceres (6%) and Stockton (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 1,468 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,441 Bret Harte residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bret Harte.

1,441live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bret Harte goes to work

Modesto2.5 mi away

17%252

Ceres2 mi away

6%85

Stockton30.7 mi away

4%52

Turlock10.4 mi away

3%49

Tracy26 mi away

3%47

San Jose49.2 mi away

3%37

Fremont51.8 mi away

2%33

Bret Harte (in town)right here

2%27

Sacramento71.3 mi away

2%26

San Francisco111.2 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%835

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

How far

How far Bret Harte commutes

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

39%

16%

11%

34%

39%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bret Harte is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bret Harte are

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

Jobs based in Bret Harte

153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Bret Harte residents hold

1,468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+58%

Jobs based in Bret Harte, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 153. 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.