Work & commute · Cotati

Work & commute in Cotati, CA

Most working residents leave Cotati for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Rosa (17%), Petaluma (13%) and Rohnert Park (9%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

153 of 3,419 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,266 Cotati residents head out of town to work, 153 work right here, and 2,558 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cotati.

3,266live here, work elsewhere

153live and work here

2,558work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cotati goes to work

Santa Rosa8.1 mi away

17%595

Petaluma7.4 mi away

13%428

Rohnert Park1.4 mi away

9%305

San Francisco45.1 mi away

7%232

Cotati (in town)right here

4%153

San Rafael26.4 mi away

4%133

Novato19 mi away

3%106

Oakland46.7 mi away

1%48

Napa22.3 mi away

1%41

Sebastopol8.1 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,344

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

How far

How far Cotati commutes

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

46%

19%

15%

46%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cotati is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cotati are

2,711 jobs are based in Cotati. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cotati’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cotati

2,711 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Cotati residents hold

3,419 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−2%

Jobs based in Cotati, 2013 → 2023: 2,771 → 2,711. 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.