Work & commute · Ceres

Work & commute in Ceres, CA

Most working residents leave Ceres for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Modesto (21%), Turlock (5%) and Stockton (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

2,178 of 17,891 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 15,713 Ceres residents head out of town to work, 2,178 work right here, and 13,008 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ceres.

15,713live here, work elsewhere

2,178live and work here

13,008work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ceres goes to work

Modesto3.3 mi away

21%3,799

Ceres (in town)right here

12%2,178

Turlock8.8 mi away

5%972

Stockton32 mi away

2%399

San Jose50.9 mi away

2%389

Tracy27.9 mi away

2%344

Manteca19.5 mi away

2%297

Fremont53.8 mi away

1%267

San Francisco113.2 mi away

1%264

Livermore43.7 mi away

1%223

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%8,759

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

How far

How far Ceres commutes

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

49%

12%

10%

29%

49%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ceres is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ceres are

15,186 jobs are based in Ceres. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ceres’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ceres

15,186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Ceres residents hold

17,891 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+30%

Jobs based in Ceres, 2013 → 2023: 11,680 → 15,186. 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.