Work & commute · Pinole

Work & commute in Pinole, CA

Most working residents leave Pinole for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (15%), Oakland (10%) and Richmond (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

334 of 8,317 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,983 Pinole residents head out of town to work, 334 work right here, and 4,242 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pinole.

7,983live here, work elsewhere

334live and work here

4,242work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pinole goes to work

San Francisco43.8 mi away

15%1,270

Oakland17.2 mi away

10%817

Richmond4.7 mi away

8%650

Berkeley9.9 mi away

6%488

Pinole (in town)right here

4%334

Martinez10.9 mi away

2%202

Walnut Creek16.6 mi away

2%196

Concord17.2 mi away

2%195

San Rafael10.7 mi away

2%179

San Jose56.3 mi away

2%172

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%3,814

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

How far

How far Pinole commutes

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

29%

47%

12%

29%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pinole 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 Pinole are

4,576 jobs are based in Pinole. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pinole’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pinole

4,576 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Pinole residents hold

8,317 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+5%

Jobs based in Pinole, 2013 → 2023: 4,339 → 4,576. 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.