Work & commute · Dublin

Work & commute in Dublin, CA

Most working residents leave Dublin for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (10%), Pleasanton (9%) and San Jose (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,967 of 32,067 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30,100 Dublin residents head out of town to work, 1,967 work right here, and 20,392 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dublin.

30,100live here, work elsewhere

1,967live and work here

20,392work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dublin goes to work

San Francisco62.1 mi away

10%3,285

Pleasanton3.5 mi away

9%2,901

San Jose29.4 mi away

7%2,368

Dublin (in town)right here

6%1,967

Livermore7.7 mi away

4%1,376

Oakland18.4 mi away

4%1,316

Fremont15.5 mi away

4%1,271

San Ramon3.9 mi away

4%1,189

Santa Clara24.6 mi away

3%1,010

Sunnyvale23.9 mi away

3%915

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%14,469

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

How far

How far Dublin commutes

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

24%

40%

25%

11%

24%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dublin is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dublin are

22,359 jobs are based in Dublin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dublin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dublin

22,359 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Dublin residents hold

32,067 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month82%

+36%

Jobs based in Dublin, 2013 → 2023: 16,470 → 22,359. 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.