Work & commute · Linden

Work & commute in Linden, CA

Most working residents leave Linden for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Stockton (21%), Lodi (4%) and Modesto (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 774 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 732 Linden residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 585 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Linden.

732live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

585work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Linden goes to work

Stockton11.6 mi away

21%159

Linden (in town)right here

5%42

Lodi12.5 mi away

4%28

Modesto26.8 mi away

3%22

Tracy27.7 mi away

2%17

Sacramento42.9 mi away

2%17

Oakland63.6 mi away

2%16

San Francisco107.2 mi away

2%13

Manteca17 mi away

2%12

San Jose63.3 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%436

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

How far

How far Linden commutes

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

21%

36%

16%

27%

21%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Linden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Linden are

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

Jobs based in Linden

627 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Linden residents hold

774 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+23%

Jobs based in Linden, 2013 → 2023: 510 → 627. 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.