Work & commute · Livermore

Work & commute in Livermore, CA

About one in 4 of Livermore’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pleasanton (8%), San Francisco (6%) and San Jose (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

10,001 of 44,246 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

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 34,245 Livermore residents head out of town to work, 10,001 work right here, and 43,385 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Livermore.

34,245live here, work elsewhere

10,001live and work here

43,385work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Livermore goes to work

Livermore (in town)right here

23%10,001

Pleasanton6.8 mi away

8%3,626

San Francisco69.6 mi away

6%2,865

San Jose27.2 mi away

6%2,654

Fremont16.6 mi away

4%1,939

Oakland26.1 mi away

3%1,541

Dublin7.7 mi away

3%1,307

San Ramon10.8 mi away

3%1,169

Santa Clara25 mi away

2%986

Hayward19.3 mi away

2%950

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%17,208

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

How far

How far Livermore commutes

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

34%

29%

27%

10%

34%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Livermore is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Livermore are

53,386 jobs are based in Livermore. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Livermore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Livermore

53,386 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Livermore residents hold

44,246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+38%

Jobs based in Livermore, 2013 → 2023: 38,722 → 53,386. 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.