Work & commute · Pleasanton

Work & commute in Pleasanton, CA

Most working residents leave Pleasanton for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (9%), San Jose (8%) and Livermore (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

5,455 of 36,064 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30,609 Pleasanton residents head out of town to work, 5,455 work right here, and 55,670 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasanton.

30,609live here, work elsewhere

5,455live and work here

55,670work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasanton goes to work

Pleasanton (in town)right here

15%5,455

San Francisco63.1 mi away

9%3,099

San Jose25.9 mi away

8%2,864

Livermore6.8 mi away

5%1,753

Fremont12.4 mi away

5%1,688

Santa Clara21.4 mi away

4%1,346

Oakland20.1 mi away

3%1,238

Sunnyvale21 mi away

3%1,210

Dublin3.5 mi away

3%1,012

San Ramon7.4 mi away

3%981

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%15,418

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

How far

How far Pleasanton commutes

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

27%

45%

18%

10%

27%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasanton is a job hub

1.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasanton are

61,125 jobs are based in Pleasanton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasanton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pleasanton

61,125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Pleasanton residents hold

36,064 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month80%

+15%

Jobs based in Pleasanton, 2013 → 2023: 53,044 → 61,125. 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.