Work & commute · Lathrop

Work & commute in Lathrop, CA

Most working residents leave Lathrop for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Stockton (11%), Tracy (7%) and Manteca (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

786 of 12,394 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,608 Lathrop residents head out of town to work, 786 work right here, and 12,139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lathrop.

11,608live here, work elsewhere

786live and work here

12,139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lathrop goes to work

Stockton11.6 mi away

11%1,362

Tracy9.2 mi away

7%929

Lathrop (in town)right here

6%786

Manteca5.1 mi away

5%638

San Jose44.7 mi away

5%631

Livermore25.6 mi away

5%582

Fremont40.4 mi away

4%478

Modesto20.9 mi away

3%388

Pleasanton32.3 mi away

3%322

Oakland49.6 mi away

3%319

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%5,959

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

How far

How far Lathrop commutes

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

25%

18%

29%

27%

25%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lathrop is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lathrop are

12,925 jobs are based in Lathrop. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lathrop’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lathrop

12,925 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Lathrop residents hold

12,394 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+120%

Jobs based in Lathrop, 2013 → 2023: 5,885 → 12,925. 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.