Work & commute · Discovery Bay

Work & commute in Discovery Bay, CA

Most working residents leave Discovery Bay for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (7%), Brentwood (7%) and Livermore (7%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

303 of 6,267 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,964 Discovery Bay residents head out of town to work, 303 work right here, and 848 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Discovery Bay.

5,964live here, work elsewhere

303live and work here

848work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Discovery Bay goes to work

San Francisco79.3 mi away

7%457

Brentwood6.9 mi away

7%441

Livermore17.7 mi away

7%438

Discovery Bay (in town)right here

5%303

Oakland35.6 mi away

5%287

Pleasanton22.8 mi away

3%205

San Jose43.9 mi away

3%192

Concord22.5 mi away

3%183

Antioch12 mi away

3%176

Walnut Creek24.2 mi away

3%172

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%3,413

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

How far

How far Discovery Bay commutes

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

16%

30%

41%

12%

16%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Discovery Bay is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Discovery Bay are

1,151 jobs are based in Discovery Bay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Discovery Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Discovery Bay

1,151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Discovery Bay residents hold

6,267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+36%

Jobs based in Discovery Bay, 2013 → 2023: 844 → 1,151. 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.