Work & commute · Escalon

Work & commute in Escalon, CA

Most working residents leave Escalon for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Stockton (11%), Modesto (10%) and Manteca (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

334 of 3,227 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,893 Escalon residents head out of town to work, 334 work right here, and 1,634 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Escalon.

2,893live here, work elsewhere

334live and work here

1,634work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Escalon goes to work

Stockton21.2 mi away

11%342

Escalon (in town)right here

10%334

Modesto10.6 mi away

10%322

Manteca12.4 mi away

5%157

Sacramento59.4 mi away

3%90

Livermore42.2 mi away

3%87

Oakdale8.6 mi away

3%81

Tracy25.1 mi away

2%72

Ripon7.9 mi away

2%64

San Francisco111.1 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,614

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

How far

How far Escalon commutes

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

34%

27%

30%

34%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Escalon is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Escalon are

1,968 jobs are based in Escalon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Escalon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Escalon

1,968 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Escalon residents hold

3,227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+27%

Jobs based in Escalon, 2013 → 2023: 1,547 → 1,968. 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.