Work & commute · Morgan Hill

Work & commute in Morgan Hill, CA

Most working residents leave Morgan Hill for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are San Jose (28%), Santa Clara (5%) and Sunnyvale (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

2,676 of 21,057 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,381 Morgan Hill residents head out of town to work, 2,676 work right here, and 13,452 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morgan Hill.

18,381live here, work elsewhere

2,676live and work here

13,452work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morgan Hill goes to work

San Jose14.8 mi away

28%5,924

Morgan Hill (in town)right here

13%2,676

Santa Clara24.1 mi away

5%1,050

Sunnyvale27.4 mi away

3%720

Gilroy9.3 mi away

3%687

San Francisco86.6 mi away

3%680

Palo Alto33.1 mi away

2%486

Mountain View30.3 mi away

2%479

Fremont29.9 mi away

2%465

Cupertino25.7 mi away

2%457

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%7,433

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

How far

How far Morgan Hill commutes

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

19%

39%

25%

17%

19%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morgan Hill is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Morgan Hill are

16,128 jobs are based in Morgan Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morgan Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morgan Hill

16,128 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Morgan Hill residents hold

21,057 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+29%

Jobs based in Morgan Hill, 2013 → 2023: 12,522 → 16,128. 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.