Work & commute · Newark

Work & commute in Newark, CA

Most working residents leave Newark for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Fremont (13%), San Jose (9%) and San Francisco (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,648 of 24,968 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 23,320 Newark residents head out of town to work, 1,648 work right here, and 19,727 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newark.

23,320live here, work elsewhere

1,648live and work here

19,727work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newark goes to work

Fremont5 mi away

13%3,167

San Jose18.7 mi away

9%2,244

Newark (in town)right here

7%1,648

San Francisco56.9 mi away

6%1,604

Palo Alto9.6 mi away

5%1,302

Sunnyvale8.2 mi away

4%1,061

Menlo Park6.6 mi away

4%1,004

Santa Clara10.2 mi away

4%978

Mountain View7.6 mi away

3%864

Oakland21.2 mi away

3%850

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%10,246

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

How far

How far Newark commutes

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

40%

39%

11%

10%

40%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newark is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newark are

21,375 jobs are based in Newark. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newark’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newark

21,375 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Newark residents hold

24,968 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+42%

Jobs based in Newark, 2013 → 2023: 15,074 → 21,375. 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.