Work & commute · Kirkwood

Work & commute in Kirkwood, CA

Most working residents leave Kirkwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (5%), Stockton (5%) and Fresno (3%). Half commute less than 78 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

78 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

51%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 151 Kirkwood residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 449 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kirkwood.

151live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

449work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kirkwood goes to work

Sacramento76.7 mi away

5%8

Stockton83.9 mi away

5%7

Fresno132.5 mi away

3%5

Reno, NV60.4 mi away

3%5

South Lake Tahoe17 mi away

3%4

Sunnyvale140.1 mi away

3%4

San Jose135.8 mi away

3%4

Jackson45.4 mi away

2%3

Folsom58.7 mi away

2%3

Oakland133.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%106

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

How far

How far Kirkwood commutes

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

15%

78%

1%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

78%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kirkwood is a job hub

2.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kirkwood are

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

Jobs based in Kirkwood

450 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Kirkwood residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+213%

Jobs based in Kirkwood, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 450. 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.