Work & commute · Daly

Work & commute in Daly, CA

Most working residents leave Daly for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (40%), South San Francisco (6%) and Oakland (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3,336 of 47,961 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 44,625 Daly residents head out of town to work, 3,336 work right here, and 13,545 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Daly.

44,625live here, work elsewhere

3,336live and work here

13,545work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Daly goes to work

San Francisco31.1 mi away

40%19,028

Daly City (in town)right here

7%3,336

South San Francisco5.8 mi away

6%3,065

Oakland13.9 mi away

3%1,469

Burlingame9.5 mi away

3%1,353

San Mateo12.9 mi away

3%1,272

San Jose45.4 mi away

3%1,206

Redwood City18.8 mi away

2%831

Palo Alto27.5 mi away

1%717

San Bruno5.6 mi away

1%652

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%15,032

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

How far

How far Daly commutes

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

62%

18%

11%

62%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Daly is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Daly are

16,881 jobs are based in Daly. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Daly’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Daly

16,881 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Daly residents hold

47,961 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+1%

Jobs based in Daly, 2013 → 2023: 16,763 → 16,881. 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.