Work & commute · Muir Beach

Work & commute in Muir Beach, CA

Most working residents leave Muir Beach for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (30%), Fairfax (5%) and San Anselmo (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

54%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 136 Muir Beach residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Muir Beach.

136live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Muir Beach goes to work

San Francisco26.4 mi away

30%42

Fairfax8.8 mi away

5%7

San Anselmo8.3 mi away

4%5

San Rafael9.2 mi away

4%5

Santa Rosa40.9 mi away

4%5

Novato15.5 mi away

4%5

Oakland20.4 mi away

4%5

Alameda19.3 mi away

3%4

Muir Beach (in town)right here

2%3

Emeryville15.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%56

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

How far

How far Muir Beach commutes

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

35%

42%

14%

35%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Muir Beach is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Muir Beach are

53 jobs are based in Muir Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Muir Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Muir Beach

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Muir Beach residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−35%

Jobs based in Muir Beach, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 53. 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.