Work & commute · Penngrove

Work & commute in Penngrove, CA

Most working residents leave Penngrove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Petaluma (21%), Santa Rosa (11%) and San Francisco (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 1,008 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 993 Penngrove residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 544 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penngrove.

993live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

544work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Penngrove goes to work

Petaluma4.6 mi away

21%210

Santa Rosa10.2 mi away

11%115

San Francisco44.2 mi away

8%80

Novato16.3 mi away

4%38

Rohnert Park3.6 mi away

3%33

San Rafael23.8 mi away

3%32

Oakland43.9 mi away

3%28

Penngrove (in town)right here

1%15

Cotati2.9 mi away

1%14

Los Angeles379.3 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%432

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

How far

How far Penngrove commutes

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

35%

25%

21%

20%

35%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Penngrove is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Penngrove are

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

Jobs based in Penngrove

559 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Penngrove residents hold

1,008 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+78%

Jobs based in Penngrove, 2013 → 2023: 314 → 559. 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.