Work & commute · Occidental

Work & commute in Occidental, CA

Most working residents leave Occidental for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Rosa (12%), San Francisco (6%) and Petaluma (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 382 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

55%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 357 Occidental residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Occidental.

357live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

268work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Occidental goes to work

Santa Rosa12.8 mi away

12%44

Occidental (in town)right here

7%25

San Francisco46.8 mi away

6%22

Petaluma19.9 mi away

4%15

Sebastopol5.8 mi away

3%12

Rohnert Park13.2 mi away

2%9

San Rafael37.1 mi away

2%9

Windsor11.9 mi away

2%7

San Jose97.8 mi away

2%6

Oakland58.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%227

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

How far

How far Occidental commutes

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

26%

27%

13%

34%

26%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Occidental 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 Occidental are

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

Jobs based in Occidental

293 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Occidental residents hold

382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+11%

Jobs based in Occidental, 2013 → 2023: 265 → 293. 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.