Work & commute · Burlingame

Work & commute in Burlingame, CA

Most working residents leave Burlingame for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (21%), San Mateo (7%) and South San Francisco (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,309 of 12,900 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 11,591 Burlingame residents head out of town to work, 1,309 work right here, and 27,322 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burlingame.

11,591live here, work elsewhere

1,309live and work here

27,322work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burlingame goes to work

San Francisco37.8 mi away

21%2,672

Burlingame (in town)right here

10%1,309

San Mateo3.5 mi away

7%926

South San Francisco4.6 mi away

7%902

Palo Alto18 mi away

4%526

Redwood City9.7 mi away

4%525

Menlo Park14 mi away

3%414

San Jose36.3 mi away

3%387

Mountain View20.4 mi away

2%278

Oakland14.5 mi away

2%273

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%4,688

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

How far

How far Burlingame commutes

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

37%

43%

10%

37%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burlingame is a job hub

2.22jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burlingame are

28,631 jobs are based in Burlingame. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burlingame’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burlingame

28,631 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Burlingame residents hold

12,900 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month81%

−22%

Jobs based in Burlingame, 2013 → 2023: 36,473 → 28,631. 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.