Work & commute · Cupertino

Work & commute in Cupertino, CA

Most working residents leave Cupertino for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are San Jose (18%), Sunnyvale (9%) and Santa Clara (9%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

2,982 of 26,365 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,383 Cupertino residents head out of town to work, 2,982 work right here, and 54,081 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cupertino.

23,383live here, work elsewhere

2,982live and work here

54,081work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cupertino goes to work

San Jose12.8 mi away

18%4,640

Cupertino (in town)right here

11%2,982

Sunnyvale4.7 mi away

9%2,428

Santa Clara5.3 mi away

9%2,307

Mountain View5.9 mi away

7%1,846

San Francisco61 mi away

7%1,720

Palo Alto7.6 mi away

6%1,582

Menlo Park12.4 mi away

3%860

Fremont13.4 mi away

2%612

Redwood City16.4 mi away

2%446

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%6,942

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

How far

How far Cupertino commutes

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

60%

19%

12%

60%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cupertino is a job hub

2.16jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cupertino are

57,063 jobs are based in Cupertino. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cupertino’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cupertino

57,063 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Cupertino residents hold

26,365 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month85%

+80%

Jobs based in Cupertino, 2013 → 2023: 31,687 → 57,063. 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.