Work & commute · Campbell

Work & commute in Campbell, CA

Most working residents leave Campbell for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are San Jose (28%), Santa Clara (7%) and Sunnyvale (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,157 of 20,188 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,031 Campbell residents head out of town to work, 1,157 work right here, and 22,799 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Campbell.

19,031live here, work elsewhere

1,157live and work here

22,799work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Campbell goes to work

San Jose7.7 mi away

28%5,657

Santa Clara5.9 mi away

7%1,490

Sunnyvale8.3 mi away

6%1,258

Campbell (in town)right here

6%1,157

Cupertino5.7 mi away

5%1,104

San Francisco66.7 mi away

5%953

Mountain View10.8 mi away

4%857

Palo Alto13.2 mi away

4%776

Los Gatos3.7 mi away

3%574

Fremont14.8 mi away

3%544

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%5,818

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

How far

How far Campbell commutes

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

57%

20%

13%

10%

57%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Campbell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Campbell are

23,956 jobs are based in Campbell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Campbell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Campbell

23,956 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Campbell residents hold

20,188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+7%

Jobs based in Campbell, 2013 → 2023: 22,299 → 23,956. 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.