Work & commute · Elk Grove

Work & commute in Elk Grove, CA

Most working residents leave Elk Grove for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (30%), Rancho Cordova (4%) and San Francisco (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

10,602 of 75,329 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 64,727 Elk Grove residents head out of town to work, 10,602 work right here, and 29,546 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk Grove.

64,727live here, work elsewhere

10,602live and work here

29,546work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elk Grove goes to work

Sacramento11.5 mi away

30%22,685

Elk Grove (in town)right here

14%10,602

Rancho Cordova13.8 mi away

4%2,923

San Francisco101.4 mi away

2%1,856

Arden-Arcade12.9 mi away

2%1,769

West Sacramento13.1 mi away

2%1,733

Florin4.8 mi away

2%1,689

Roseville24.8 mi away

2%1,629

Stockton30.6 mi away

2%1,502

Folsom21.8 mi away

1%1,115

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%27,826

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

How far

How far Elk Grove commutes

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

29%

40%

10%

21%

29%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elk Grove is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk Grove are

40,148 jobs are based in Elk Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elk Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elk Grove

40,148 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Elk Grove residents hold

75,329 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+61%

Jobs based in Elk Grove, 2013 → 2023: 24,889 → 40,148. 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.