Work & commute · Mather

Work & commute in Mather, CA

Most working residents leave Mather for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (24%), Rancho Cordova (11%) and Folsom (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 2,407 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,366 Mather residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 5,056 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mather.

2,366live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

5,056work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mather goes to work

Sacramento10 mi away

24%576

Rancho Cordova3.3 mi away

11%263

Folsom11.2 mi away

6%143

Roseville15.5 mi away

4%103

Arden-Arcade6.5 mi away

3%74

Elk Grove10.7 mi away

2%60

San Francisco110.7 mi away

2%54

Stockton39.5 mi away

2%48

El Dorado Hills15.5 mi away

2%43

Mather (in town)right here

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,002

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

How far

How far Mather commutes

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

39%

32%

20%

39%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mather is a job hub

2.12jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mather are

5,097 jobs are based in Mather. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mather’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mather

5,097 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Mather residents hold

2,407 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+56%

Jobs based in Mather, 2013 → 2023: 3,275 → 5,097. 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.