Work & commute · Corte Madera

Work & commute in Corte Madera, CA

Most working residents leave Corte Madera for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (32%), San Rafael (7%) and Larkspur (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

243 of 3,695 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

44%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,452 Corte Madera residents head out of town to work, 243 work right here, and 5,272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Corte Madera.

3,452live here, work elsewhere

243live and work here

5,272work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Corte Madera goes to work

San Francisco31.9 mi away

32%1,169

San Rafael3.4 mi away

7%277

Corte Madera (in town)right here

7%243

Larkspur1.3 mi away

4%166

Novato10.8 mi away

3%120

Oakland19 mi away

3%104

Mill Valley2.5 mi away

2%69

Berkeley12.3 mi away

2%65

Kentfield2.8 mi away

2%64

Richmond8.1 mi away

1%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,365

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

How far

How far Corte Madera commutes

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

34%

42%

10%

13%

34%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Corte Madera is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Corte Madera are

5,515 jobs are based in Corte Madera. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Corte Madera’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Corte Madera

5,515 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Corte Madera residents hold

3,695 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

−9%

Jobs based in Corte Madera, 2013 → 2023: 6,075 → 5,515. 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.