Work & commute · Greenfield

Work & commute in Greenfield, CA

Most working residents leave Greenfield for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Salinas (15%), Soledad (9%) and San Jose (6%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

956 of 6,258 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 5,302 Greenfield residents head out of town to work, 956 work right here, and 2,230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenfield.

5,302live here, work elsewhere

956live and work here

2,230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenfield goes to work

Greenfield (in town)right here

15%956

Salinas33.3 mi away

15%923

Soledad8.7 mi away

9%581

San Jose74.2 mi away

6%357

King City9.7 mi away

5%328

Gonzales16.7 mi away

2%155

Monterey40.4 mi away

2%140

San Francisco138.3 mi away

2%102

Watsonville50.8 mi away

1%53

Santa Clara82.3 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%2,615

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

How far

How far Greenfield commutes

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

28%

13%

26%

33%

28%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenfield 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 Greenfield are

3,186 jobs are based in Greenfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenfield

3,186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Greenfield residents hold

6,258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+9%

Jobs based in Greenfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,925 → 3,186. 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.