Work & commute · North Richmond

Work & commute in North Richmond, CA

Most working residents leave North Richmond for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (19%), Richmond (10%) and Oakland (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 1,376 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,350 North Richmond residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 1,638 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Richmond.

1,350live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

1,638work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Richmond goes to work

San Francisco39.7 mi away

19%257

Richmond1.1 mi away

10%136

Oakland15.6 mi away

8%111

Berkeley7.9 mi away

5%73

San Rafael7.5 mi away

5%70

San Jose55.4 mi away

3%35

North Richmond (in town)right here

2%26

San Pablo1.5 mi away

1%20

Walnut Creek18.5 mi away

1%18

Hayward27.5 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%612

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

How far

How far North Richmond commutes

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

32%

42%

12%

15%

32%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Richmond is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Richmond are

1,664 jobs are based in North Richmond. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Richmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Richmond

1,664 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs North Richmond residents hold

1,376 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+17%

Jobs based in North Richmond, 2013 → 2023: 1,421 → 1,664. 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.