Work & commute · Graton

Work & commute in Graton, CA

Most working residents leave Graton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Rosa (19%), Sebastopol (6%) and San Francisco (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 700 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 667 Graton residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 606 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Graton.

667live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

606work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Graton goes to work

Santa Rosa8.7 mi away

19%133

Sebastopol3.3 mi away

6%45

San Francisco49.9 mi away

6%40

Graton (in town)right here

5%33

Rohnert Park10.9 mi away

3%23

Petaluma18.7 mi away

3%21

San Rafael37.1 mi away

2%15

Vallejo39.9 mi away

2%12

Healdsburg12.8 mi away

2%11

Windsor7.9 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%358

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

How far

How far Graton commutes

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

48%

15%

13%

24%

48%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Graton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Graton are

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

Jobs based in Graton

639 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Graton residents hold

700 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−15%

Jobs based in Graton, 2013 → 2023: 753 → 639. 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.