Work & commute · Danville

Work & commute in Danville, CA

Most working residents leave Danville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (10%), San Ramon (8%) and Oakland (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,257 of 18,550 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,293 Danville residents head out of town to work, 1,257 work right here, and 9,832 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Danville.

17,293live here, work elsewhere

1,257live and work here

9,832work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Danville goes to work

San Francisco58.3 mi away

10%1,918

San Ramon3.8 mi away

8%1,500

Danville (in town)right here

7%1,257

Oakland14.3 mi away

5%955

Pleasanton11.1 mi away

5%888

San Jose36.7 mi away

5%840

Walnut Creek7.3 mi away

4%823

Livermore14.4 mi away

2%446

Concord11.2 mi away

2%429

Fremont22 mi away

2%410

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%9,084

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

How far

How far Danville commutes

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

28%

35%

23%

14%

28%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Danville is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Danville are

11,089 jobs are based in Danville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Danville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Danville

11,089 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Danville residents hold

18,550 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+14%

Jobs based in Danville, 2013 → 2023: 9,768 → 11,089. 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.