Work & commute · Davis

Work & commute in Davis, CA

Most working residents leave Davis for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (19%), University of California-Davis (13%) and Woodland (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

3,824 of 23,789 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,965 Davis residents head out of town to work, 3,824 work right here, and 11,469 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Davis.

19,965live here, work elsewhere

3,824live and work here

11,469work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Davis goes to work

Sacramento14.6 mi away

19%4,524

Davis (in town)right here

16%3,824

University of California-Davis1.7 mi away

13%3,092

Woodland8 mi away

4%928

San Francisco90.7 mi away

3%630

Vacaville18.5 mi away

2%465

Roseville27 mi away

2%445

West Sacramento10.2 mi away

2%405

Fairfield25.8 mi away

2%364

Arden-Arcade19.3 mi away

1%329

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%8,783

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

How far

How far Davis commutes

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

35%

31%

13%

21%

35%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Davis is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Davis are

15,293 jobs are based in Davis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Davis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Davis

15,293 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Davis residents hold

23,789 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−42%

Jobs based in Davis, 2013 → 2023: 26,469 → 15,293. 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.