Work & commute · Live Oak

Work & commute in Live Oak, CA

Most working residents leave Live Oak for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Yuba City (16%), Sacramento (6%) and Marysville (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

250 of 3,459 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,209 Live Oak residents head out of town to work, 250 work right here, and 884 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Live Oak.

3,209live here, work elsewhere

250live and work here

884work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Live Oak goes to work

Yuba City10.4 mi away

16%565

Live Oak (in town)right here

7%250

Sacramento50.2 mi away

6%207

Marysville9.8 mi away

4%127

Oroville15.9 mi away

3%118

Gridley6.1 mi away

3%108

San Francisco130.3 mi away

3%89

Roseville39.7 mi away

3%88

Chico34.2 mi away

3%88

Woodland42.2 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,768

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

How far

How far Live Oak commutes

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

32%

16%

22%

31%

32%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Live Oak is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Live Oak are

1,134 jobs are based in Live Oak. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Live Oak’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Live Oak

1,134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Live Oak residents hold

3,459 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+83%

Jobs based in Live Oak, 2013 → 2023: 621 → 1,134. 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.