Work & commute · Brisbane

Work & commute in Brisbane, CA

Most working residents leave Brisbane for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (36%), South San Francisco (9%) and Oakland (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

144 of 2,266 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,122 Brisbane residents head out of town to work, 144 work right here, and 6,625 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brisbane.

2,122live here, work elsewhere

144live and work here

6,625work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brisbane goes to work

San Francisco35.7 mi away

36%805

South San Francisco1.5 mi away

9%214

Brisbane (in town)right here

6%144

Oakland10.8 mi away

3%72

Redwood City14.5 mi away

3%70

San Mateo8.9 mi away

3%61

San Jose40.8 mi away

3%61

Burlingame6 mi away

2%53

Daly City4.8 mi away

2%50

Palo Alto23.4 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%696

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

How far

How far Brisbane commutes

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

61%

20%

10%

61%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brisbane is a job hub

2.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brisbane are

6,769 jobs are based in Brisbane. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brisbane’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brisbane

6,769 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Brisbane residents hold

2,266 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month82%

−2%

Jobs based in Brisbane, 2013 → 2023: 6,916 → 6,769. 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.