Work & commute · Emeryville

Work & commute in Emeryville, CA

Most working residents leave Emeryville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (28%), Oakland (16%) and Berkeley (11%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

440 of 5,484 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,044 Emeryville residents head out of town to work, 440 work right here, and 20,188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emeryville.

5,044live here, work elsewhere

440live and work here

20,188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emeryville goes to work

San Francisco40.6 mi away

28%1,553

Oakland6.3 mi away

16%852

Berkeley1.8 mi away

11%577

Emeryville (in town)right here

8%440

San Jose46.1 mi away

2%96

Richmond8.4 mi away

2%93

Alameda7.1 mi away

2%89

Hayward18.2 mi away

2%87

San Leandro12.1 mi away

1%82

South San Francisco13.3 mi away

1%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,563

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

How far

How far Emeryville commutes

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

64%

17%

10%

64%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emeryville is a job hub

3.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Emeryville are

20,628 jobs are based in Emeryville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Emeryville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Emeryville

20,628 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Emeryville residents hold

5,484 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+8%

Jobs based in Emeryville, 2013 → 2023: 19,055 → 20,628. 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.