Work & commute · Mountain View

Work & commute in Mountain View, CA

Most working residents leave Mountain View for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Martinez (13%), San Francisco (9%) and Concord (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 1,131 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,126 Mountain View residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountain View.

1,126live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountain View goes to work

Martinez0.8 mi away

13%147

San Francisco53.6 mi away

9%103

Concord6.8 mi away

8%92

Walnut Creek8.5 mi away

8%85

Oakland17.6 mi away

6%63

Pleasant Hill4.4 mi away

5%51

Richmond13.8 mi away

3%34

San Jose52 mi away

2%22

Lafayette8.3 mi away

2%21

San Leandro21.3 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%493

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

How far

How far Mountain View commutes

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

42%

34%

14%

11%

42%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountain View is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountain View are

158 jobs are based in Mountain View. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mountain View’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mountain View

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Mountain View residents hold

1,131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+7%

Jobs based in Mountain View, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 158. 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.