Work & commute · Brookdale

Work & commute in Brookdale, CA

Most working residents leave Brookdale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Jose (11%), Santa Cruz (11%) and Ben Lomond (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 818 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 809 Brookdale residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 197 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookdale.

809live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

197work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookdale goes to work

San Jose20.9 mi away

11%92

Santa Cruz10 mi away

11%89

Ben Lomond2.3 mi away

4%32

Scotts Valley6.5 mi away

4%29

Felton4.9 mi away

3%28

Palo Alto20.2 mi away

3%27

Boulder Creek2.2 mi away

3%27

San Francisco66.3 mi away

3%25

Santa Clara19.5 mi away

3%24

Cupertino15.2 mi away

3%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%423

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

How far

How far Brookdale commutes

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

24%

45%

17%

13%

24%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookdale is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookdale are

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

Jobs based in Brookdale

206 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Brookdale residents hold

818 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+171%

Jobs based in Brookdale, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 206. 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.