Work & commute · Davenport

Work & commute in Davenport, CA

Most working residents leave Davenport for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Cruz (18%), San Jose (10%) and San Francisco (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 135 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 132 Davenport residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 662 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Davenport.

132live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

662work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Davenport goes to work

Santa Cruz8.9 mi away

18%24

San Jose28.1 mi away

10%14

San Francisco67.5 mi away

5%7

Salinas38.1 mi away

4%5

Boulder Creek8.7 mi away

3%4

Bonny Doon3.3 mi away

3%4

Scotts Valley10.1 mi away

2%3

Hollister45 mi away

2%3

Davenport (in town)right here

2%3

King City80.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%66

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

How far

How far Davenport commutes

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

24%

16%

30%

24%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Davenport is a job hub

4.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Davenport are

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

Jobs based in Davenport

665 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Davenport residents hold

135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+639%

Jobs based in Davenport, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 665. 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.