Work & commute · Pittsburg

Work & commute in Pittsburg, CA

Most working residents leave Pittsburg for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Concord (9%), San Francisco (8%) and Walnut Creek (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,630 of 29,747 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27,117 Pittsburg residents head out of town to work, 2,630 work right here, and 10,901 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pittsburg.

27,117live here, work elsewhere

2,630live and work here

10,901work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pittsburg goes to work

Concord6.3 mi away

9%2,664

Pittsburg (in town)right here

9%2,630

San Francisco64.9 mi away

8%2,510

Walnut Creek11 mi away

7%2,042

Oakland24.6 mi away

5%1,566

Martinez11.7 mi away

4%1,262

Antioch6.2 mi away

4%1,249

San Jose50.1 mi away

3%795

Pleasant Hill10.5 mi away

2%605

San Ramon17.4 mi away

2%528

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%13,896

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

How far

How far Pittsburg commutes

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

29%

28%

31%

13%

29%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pittsburg is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pittsburg are

13,531 jobs are based in Pittsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pittsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pittsburg

13,531 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Pittsburg residents hold

29,747 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+9%

Jobs based in Pittsburg, 2013 → 2023: 12,434 → 13,531. 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.