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

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

San Francisco50.3 mi away

19%1,211

Oakland7.7 mi away

10%628

Moraga (in town)right here

6%397

Berkeley9.7 mi away

5%315

Walnut Creek6 mi away

5%301

Lafayette3.1 mi away

4%230

San Jose41.6 mi away

2%144

Orinda3.5 mi away

2%141

Concord11 mi away

2%138

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%

37%

11%

12%

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.