Work & commute · Kentfield

Work & commute in Kentfield, CA

Most working residents leave Kentfield for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (33%), San Rafael (7%) and Larkspur (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 2,293 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

47%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,169 Kentfield residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 3,814 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kentfield.

2,169live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

3,814work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kentfield goes to work

San Francisco29.6 mi away

33%750

San Rafael4.2 mi away

7%169

Kentfield (in town)right here

5%124

Larkspur1.7 mi away

3%75

Oakland21.5 mi away

3%66

Novato10.3 mi away

3%63

Mill Valley2.1 mi away

2%43

Berkeley15 mi away

2%42

Corte Madera2.8 mi away

2%40

San Jose60.1 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%886

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

How far

How far Kentfield commutes

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

29%

43%

13%

15%

29%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kentfield is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Kentfield are

3,938 jobs are based in Kentfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kentfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kentfield

3,938 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Kentfield residents hold

2,293 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+12%

Jobs based in Kentfield, 2013 → 2023: 3,503 → 3,938. 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.