Work & commute · Lincoln

Work & commute in Lincoln, CA

Most working residents leave Lincoln for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Roseville (14%), Sacramento (13%) and Rocklin (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,810 of 20,324 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,514 Lincoln residents head out of town to work, 1,810 work right here, and 6,822 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincoln.

18,514live here, work elsewhere

1,810live and work here

6,822work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lincoln goes to work

Roseville7.3 mi away

14%2,750

Sacramento23.2 mi away

13%2,672

Lincoln (in town)right here

9%1,810

Rocklin5.2 mi away

5%1,100

Rancho Cordova20.8 mi away

3%609

Folsom16.5 mi away

3%558

San Francisco123.2 mi away

2%499

North Auburn12 mi away

2%470

Arden-Arcade19.6 mi away

2%383

San Jose112.7 mi away

1%292

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%9,181

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

How far

How far Lincoln commutes

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

29%

37%

25%

29%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lincoln is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.42 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincoln are

8,632 jobs are based in Lincoln. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lincoln’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lincoln

8,632 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Lincoln residents hold

20,324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+97%

Jobs based in Lincoln, 2013 → 2023: 4,391 → 8,632. 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.