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Work & commute in El Sobrante, CA

Most working residents leave El Sobrante for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (17%), Oakland (11%) and Richmond (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
102 of 6,582 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
34 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
16%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,480 El Sobrante residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 895 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Sobrante.

6,480live here, work elsewhere
102live and work here
895work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where El Sobrante goes to work

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1
San Francisco43.3 mi away
17%1,129
2
Oakland14.7 mi away
11%711
3
Richmond3.5 mi away
8%513
4
Berkeley7.5 mi away
7%438
5
Pinole2.5 mi away
2%157
6
San Pablo2.3 mi away
2%145
7
Martinez10.4 mi away
2%139
8
San Rafael11.1 mi away
2%133
9
San Jose53.9 mi away
2%127
10
Walnut Creek15.1 mi away
2%125
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%2,965

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

How far

How far El Sobrante commutes

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

30%Under 10 mi
46%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
12%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

El Sobrante is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in El Sobrante are

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

Jobs based in El Sobrante

997 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs El Sobrante residents hold

6,582 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month73%
−15%

Jobs based in El Sobrante, 2013 → 2023: 1,169 → 997. 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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