Work & commute · Martinez

Work & commute in Martinez, CA

Most working residents leave Martinez for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (11%), Concord (9%) and Walnut Creek (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,847 of 16,024 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 14,177 Martinez residents head out of town to work, 1,847 work right here, and 20,394 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Martinez.

14,177live here, work elsewhere

1,847live and work here

20,394work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Martinez goes to work

Martinez (in town)right here

12%1,847

San Francisco53.5 mi away

11%1,692

Concord6.4 mi away

9%1,363

Walnut Creek7.7 mi away

7%1,123

Oakland16.9 mi away

7%1,049

Pleasant Hill3.7 mi away

3%535

Richmond13.8 mi away

2%367

San Ramon18.9 mi away

2%339

Berkeley13.6 mi away

2%329

San Jose51.2 mi away

2%311

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%7,069

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

How far

How far Martinez commutes

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

39%

37%

14%

11%

39%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Martinez is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Martinez are

22,241 jobs are based in Martinez. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Martinez’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Martinez

22,241 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Martinez residents hold

16,024 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+15%

Jobs based in Martinez, 2013 → 2023: 19,285 → 22,241. 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.