Work & commute · Contra Costa Centre

Work & commute in Contra Costa Centre, CA

Most working residents leave Contra Costa Centre for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (15%), Walnut Creek (10%) and Oakland (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 2,830 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,761 Contra Costa Centre residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 6,882 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Contra Costa Centre.

2,761live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

6,882work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Contra Costa Centre goes to work

San Francisco55.1 mi away

15%428

Walnut Creek1.8 mi away

10%289

Oakland14.3 mi away

9%256

Concord4.3 mi away

6%168

Berkeley14 mi away

3%95

Martinez6 mi away

3%77

Pleasant Hill2.3 mi away

2%69

Contra Costa Centre (in town)right here

2%69

San Ramon12.9 mi away

2%67

San Jose45.5 mi away

2%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,259

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

How far

How far Contra Costa Centre commutes

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

28%

44%

15%

12%

28%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Contra Costa Centre is a job hub

2.46jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Contra Costa Centre are

6,951 jobs are based in Contra Costa Centre. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Contra Costa Centre’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Contra Costa Centre

6,951 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Contra Costa Centre residents hold

2,830 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+44%

Jobs based in Contra Costa Centre, 2013 → 2023: 4,830 → 6,951. 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.