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Work & commute · El Cerrito

Work & commute in El Cerrito, CA

Most working residents leave El Cerrito for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Corona (15%), Riverside (7%) and Los Angeles (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
36 of 2,306 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
43 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,270 El Cerrito residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 506 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Cerrito.

2,270live here, work elsewhere
36live and work here
506work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where El Cerrito goes to work

NorcoEastvaleOrangeCoronaLake ElsinoreMurrietaFontanaSanta AnaLos AngelesRiversideOntarioAnaheimSan BernardinoIrvineEl CerritoTemescal ValleyCoronaRiversideLos AngelesAnaheimIrvineSanta AnaOntarioNorcoSan BernardinoOrangeEl Cerrito
1
Corona3 mi away
15%350
2
Riverside10.1 mi away
7%160
3
Los Angeles52.5 mi away
5%120
4
Anaheim13.6 mi away
4%85
5
Irvine18.1 mi away
4%85
6
Santa Ana21.9 mi away
3%74
7
Ontario14.6 mi away
3%62
8
Norco6.3 mi away
2%56
9
San Bernardino24.7 mi away
2%50
10
Orange19.8 mi away
2%43
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%1,221

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

How far

How far El Cerrito commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
44%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
13%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

El Cerrito is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in El Cerrito are

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

Jobs based in El Cerrito

542 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)32%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs El Cerrito residents hold

2,306 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month64%
−20%

Jobs based in El Cerrito, 2013 → 2023: 674 → 542. 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.

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