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Work & commute · Gonzales

Work & commute in Gonzales, CA

Most working residents leave Gonzales for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Salinas (23%), San Jose (7%) and Soledad (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
198 of 2,566 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,368 Gonzales residents head out of town to work, 198 work right here, and 1,773 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gonzales.

2,368live here, work elsewhere
198live and work here
1,773work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Gonzales goes to work

GonzalesGreenfieldKing CitySoledadMontereyHollisterSanta ClaraGilroySalinasSan JoseFremontSan FranciscoSacramentoChualarSalinasSan JoseSoledadMontereySan FranciscoSanta ClaraGreenfieldGilroyFremontGonzales
1
Salinas16.6 mi away
23%594
2
Gonzales (in town)right here
8%198
3
San Jose58.4 mi away
7%169
4
Soledad8.5 mi away
5%128
5
Monterey25.3 mi away
3%79
6
San Francisco121.7 mi away
2%47
7
Santa Clara66.1 mi away
1%35
8
Greenfield16.7 mi away
1%33
9
Gilroy35.5 mi away
1%33
10
Fremont73.7 mi away
1%33
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%1,217

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

How far

How far Gonzales commutes

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

19%Under 10 mi
36%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
36%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Gonzales is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gonzales are

1,971 jobs are based in Gonzales. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gonzales’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gonzales

1,971 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)54%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)32%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Gonzales residents hold

2,566 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)35%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month67%
−35%

Jobs based in Gonzales, 2013 → 2023: 3,018 → 1,971. 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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