Work & commute · Clayton

Work & commute in Clayton, CA

Most working residents leave Clayton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Concord (12%), Walnut Creek (11%) and San Francisco (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

154 of 4,821 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,667 Clayton residents head out of town to work, 154 work right here, and 1,054 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clayton.

4,667live here, work elsewhere

154live and work here

1,054work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clayton goes to work

Concord4.5 mi away

12%567

Walnut Creek6.6 mi away

11%533

San Francisco61.9 mi away

9%440

Oakland20 mi away

4%216

Martinez10.8 mi away

4%174

Clayton (in town)right here

3%154

Pleasanton19.1 mi away

2%107

San Ramon12 mi away

2%102

San Jose45 mi away

2%100

Antioch7.6 mi away

2%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,329

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

How far

How far Clayton commutes

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

37%

27%

24%

13%

37%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clayton 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 Clayton are

1,208 jobs are based in Clayton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clayton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clayton

1,208 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Clayton residents hold

4,821 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−5%

Jobs based in Clayton, 2013 → 2023: 1,270 → 1,208. 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.