Work & commute · Millbrae

Work & commute in Millbrae, CA

Most working residents leave Millbrae for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (22%), South San Francisco (8%) and San Mateo (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

544 of 9,348 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 8,804 Millbrae residents head out of town to work, 544 work right here, and 4,080 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Millbrae.

8,804live here, work elsewhere

544live and work here

4,080work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Millbrae goes to work

San Francisco35.6 mi away

22%2,088

South San Francisco4.1 mi away

8%702

San Mateo5.7 mi away

6%545

Millbrae (in town)right here

6%544

Burlingame2.2 mi away

6%523

San Jose38.4 mi away

3%305

Redwood City11.8 mi away

3%304

Palo Alto19.9 mi away

3%298

San Bruno2.4 mi away

2%200

Oakland15.2 mi away

2%188

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%3,651

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

How far

How far Millbrae commutes

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

38%

39%

13%

10%

38%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Millbrae is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Millbrae are

4,624 jobs are based in Millbrae. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Millbrae’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Millbrae

4,624 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Millbrae residents hold

9,348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+8%

Jobs based in Millbrae, 2013 → 2023: 4,278 → 4,624. 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.