Work & commute · Empire

Work & commute in Empire, CA

Most working residents leave Empire for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Modesto (18%), Ceres (4%) and Stockton (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 1,301 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,292 Empire residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 654 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Empire.

1,292live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

654work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Empire goes to work

Modesto5.3 mi away

18%233

Ceres4.5 mi away

4%56

Stockton31.8 mi away

4%46

Turlock9.9 mi away

3%36

San Jose55.2 mi away

3%36

San Francisco116.3 mi away

2%30

Fremont57.6 mi away

2%24

Sacramento70.8 mi away

2%23

Tracy30.4 mi away

2%22

Riverbank6.1 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%775

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

How far

How far Empire commutes

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

37%

13%

40%

37%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Empire is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Empire are

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

Jobs based in Empire

663 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Empire residents hold

1,301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+60%

Jobs based in Empire, 2013 → 2023: 415 → 663. 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.