Work & commute · Moraga

Work & commute in Moraga, CA

Most working residents leave Moraga for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (19%), Oakland (10%) and Berkeley (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
397 of 6,337 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 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 5,940 Moraga residents head out of town to work, 397 work right here, and 3,342 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moraga.

5,940live here, work elsewhere
397live and work here
3,342work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Moraga goes to work

Pleasant HillMoragaBerkeleyOrindaMartinezLafayettePleasantonWalnut CreekConcordAntiochSan JoseSan FranciscoOaklandSan FranciscoOaklandBerkeleyWalnut CreekLafayetteSan JoseOrindaConcordPleasantonMoraga
1
San Francisco50.3 mi away
19%1,211
2
Oakland7.7 mi away
10%628
3
Moraga (in town)right here
6%397
4
Berkeley9.7 mi away
5%315
5
Walnut Creek6 mi away
5%301
6
Lafayette3.1 mi away
4%230
7
San Jose41.6 mi away
2%144
8
Orinda3.5 mi away
2%141
9
Concord11 mi away
2%138
10
Pleasanton18.1 mi away
2%107
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%2,725

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

How far

How far Moraga commutes

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

39%Under 10 mi
37%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
12%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Moraga is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moraga are

3,739 jobs are based in Moraga. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moraga’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moraga

3,739 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)85%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Moraga residents hold

6,337 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)78%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month11%
Over $3,333 a month79%
+3%

Jobs based in Moraga, 2013 → 2023: 3,614 → 3,739. 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.

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