Work & commute · Piedmont

Work & commute in Piedmont, CA

Most working residents leave Piedmont for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (27%), Oakland (18%) and Berkeley (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

199 of 4,453 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,254 Piedmont residents head out of town to work, 199 work right here, and 1,205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Piedmont.

4,254live here, work elsewhere

199live and work here

1,205work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Piedmont goes to work

San Francisco44.3 mi away

27%1,220

Oakland3.6 mi away

18%781

Berkeley4.8 mi away

5%222

Piedmont (in town)right here

4%199

Emeryville4.1 mi away

2%101

Walnut Creek11.7 mi away

2%92

San Jose42.9 mi away

2%89

San Leandro9 mi away

2%80

Menlo Park24.1 mi away

2%70

Palo Alto29.8 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,539

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

How far

How far Piedmont commutes

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

49%

30%

11%

10%

49%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Piedmont is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Piedmont are

1,404 jobs are based in Piedmont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Piedmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Piedmont

1,404 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Piedmont residents hold

4,453 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month81%

+6%

Jobs based in Piedmont, 2013 → 2023: 1,329 → 1,404. 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.