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Work & commute in Loyola · A commuter town

97% of Loyola’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Loyola for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are San Jose (12%), Mountain View (9%) and Sunnyvale (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Work in town
3%
39 of 1,453 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
28 min
Less than CA (29 min)
Work from home
36%
More than CA (17%)
Jobs based here
436
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Loyola?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

12% of working residents work in San Jose

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

East Palo AltoLos Altos: 53 residents work here (4%)Los Altos HillsMenlo Park: 61 residents work here (4%)Mountain View: 125 residents work here (9%)Cupertino: 76 residents work here (5%)Santa Clara: 89 residents work here (6%)Palo Alto: 108 residents work here (7%)Sunnyvale: 121 residents work here (8%)Redwood CitySan Jose: 175 residents work here (12%)San Francisco: 117 residents work here (8%)LoyolaStanford: 55 residents work here (4%)San JoseMountain ViewSunnyvaleSan FranciscoPalo AltoSanta ClaraLoyola
1
San Jose16 mi away
12%175
2
Mountain View3.6 mi away
9%125
3
Sunnyvale4.6 mi away
8%121
4
San Francisco57.4 mi away
8%117
5
Palo Alto4 mi away
7%108
6
Santa Clara7.2 mi away
6%89
7
Cupertino3.6 mi away
5%76
8
Menlo Park9.4 mi away
4%61
9
Stanford6.5 mi away
4%55
10
Los Altos1.3 mi away
4%53
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%473
The top trips

Where Loyola clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 28 minutes each way, about the CA average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
213 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Loyola28 min
California29 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
36%

of Loyola workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.

About 4 in 10

How Loyola ranks on commute time →

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in LoyolaJobs Loyola residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms3%18%
Trade, transport & utilities0%7%
Services: health, schools, offices97%75%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less11%8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%10%
Over $3,333 a month68%82%

Who does it

29 or younger20%13%
30 to 5450%54%
55 and older31%32%
+42%

Jobs based in Loyola, 2013 → 2023: 307 → 436. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Day and night

Loyola quiets down on a workday

On a workday 1,414 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 397 people come in from elsewhere.

1,414live here, work elsewhere
39live and work here
397work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night3,400
Workday2,400
3,400live here− 1,400head out to work+ 400come in to work= 2,400on a workday

About 2,400 people are in Loyola on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.30jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Loyola commutes less than 9 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miSan Jose: 12% · 16 miMountain View: 9% · 3.6 miSunnyvale: 8% · 4.6 miSan Francisco: 8% · 57.4 miPalo Alto: 7% · 4 miSanta Clara: 6% · 7.2 miCupertino: 5% · 3.6 miMenlo Park: 4% · 9.4 miStanford: 4% · 6.5 miLos Altos: 4% · 1.3 miSan Jose 12%Mountain View 9%Sunnyvale 8%San Francisco 8%Palo Alto 7%Loyola
LoyolaTop destinations (size = commuters)
58%Under 10 mi839 residents
20%10–24 mi285 residents
13%25–50 mi195 residents
9%Over 50 mi134 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Loyola and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Los Altos (4%). Darker towns draw more of Loyola’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Los Altos22 min
Loyola28 min
Los Altos Hills29 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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