Work & commute · Colma

Work & commute in Colma, CA

Most working residents leave Colma for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (33%), South San Francisco (7%) and Daly City (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 687 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 658 Colma residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 4,145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colma.

658live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

4,145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colma goes to work

San Francisco31.9 mi away

33%224

South San Francisco4.4 mi away

7%50

Daly City1.8 mi away

6%39

San Mateo11.2 mi away

5%36

Colma (in town)right here

4%29

Burlingame7.7 mi away

4%29

San Jose43.8 mi away

3%18

Oakland14 mi away

2%15

Redwood City17.2 mi away

2%14

Palo Alto25.7 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%220

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

How far

How far Colma commutes

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

60%

19%

11%

10%

60%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colma is a job hub

6.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Colma are

4,174 jobs are based in Colma. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Colma’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Colma

4,174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Colma residents hold

687 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+9%

Jobs based in Colma, 2013 → 2023: 3,833 → 4,174. 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.