Work & commute · Mill Valley

Work & commute in Mill Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Mill Valley for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (35%), San Rafael (5%) and Oakland (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

455 of 4,905 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,450 Mill Valley residents head out of town to work, 455 work right here, and 4,412 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mill Valley.

4,450live here, work elsewhere

455live and work here

4,412work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mill Valley goes to work

San Francisco29.5 mi away

35%1,729

Mill Valley (in town)right here

9%455

San Rafael5.4 mi away

5%268

Oakland19.7 mi away

3%150

Sausalito4.4 mi away

2%104

Larkspur2.4 mi away

2%93

Novato12.2 mi away

2%82

Tamalpais-Homestead Valley2 mi away

1%73

South San Francisco19.7 mi away

1%72

Berkeley13.6 mi away

1%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,811

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

How far

How far Mill Valley commutes

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

34%

40%

12%

13%

34%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mill Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mill Valley are

4,867 jobs are based in Mill Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mill Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mill Valley

4,867 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Mill Valley residents hold

4,905 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month78%

−2%

Jobs based in Mill Valley, 2013 → 2023: 4,951 → 4,867. 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.