Work & commute · Marin

Work & commute in Marin, CA

Most working residents leave Marin for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (25%), San Rafael (10%) and Sausalito (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 1,096 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,054 Marin residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 252 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marin.

1,054live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

252work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marin goes to work

San Francisco30 mi away

25%275

San Rafael7.6 mi away

10%107

Sausalito1.5 mi away

4%43

Marin City (in town)right here

4%42

Oakland17.2 mi away

3%37

Novato14.9 mi away

3%32

Mill Valley3 mi away

3%29

Larkspur4.9 mi away

3%28

Richmond10.1 mi away

2%25

Corte Madera4.2 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%455

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

How far

How far Marin commutes

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

56%

18%

12%

14%

56%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marin is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marin are

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

Jobs based in Marin

294 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Marin residents hold

1,096 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−31%

Jobs based in Marin, 2013 → 2023: 427 → 294. 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.