Work & commute · Dogtown

Work & commute in Dogtown, CA

Most working residents leave Dogtown for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lodi (12%), Stockton (12%) and Sacramento (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 922 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 881 Dogtown residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dogtown.

881live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dogtown goes to work

Lodi9.5 mi away

12%108

Stockton18.1 mi away

12%107

Dogtown (in town)right here

4%41

Sacramento30.1 mi away

4%39

Galt8.8 mi away

4%33

San Francisco107.5 mi away

3%28

Modesto40.3 mi away

3%26

San Jose72.6 mi away

2%22

Elk Grove18.9 mi away

2%19

Lockeford4 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%484

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

How far

How far Dogtown commutes

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

25%

24%

22%

29%

25%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dogtown 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 Dogtown are

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

Jobs based in Dogtown

326 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Dogtown residents hold

922 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+14%

Jobs based in Dogtown, 2013 → 2023: 285 → 326. 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.