Work & commute · Rancho Cordova

Work & commute in Rancho Cordova, CA

Most working residents leave Rancho Cordova for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (23%), Folsom (6%) and Roseville (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

5,152 of 35,037 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 29,885 Rancho Cordova residents head out of town to work, 5,152 work right here, and 50,607 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rancho Cordova.

29,885live here, work elsewhere

5,152live and work here

50,607work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rancho Cordova goes to work

Sacramento12.5 mi away

23%8,097

Rancho Cordova (in town)right here

15%5,152

Folsom8 mi away

6%1,992

Roseville14.1 mi away

4%1,528

Arden-Arcade8.2 mi away

3%1,009

San Francisco113.9 mi away

2%793

Carmichael6.1 mi away

2%682

West Sacramento17 mi away

2%635

Elk Grove13.8 mi away

2%628

La Riviera6.4 mi away

1%488

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%14,033

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

How far

How far Rancho Cordova commutes

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

44%

30%

21%

44%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rancho Cordova is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rancho Cordova are

55,759 jobs are based in Rancho Cordova. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rancho Cordova’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rancho Cordova

55,759 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Rancho Cordova residents hold

35,037 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+14%

Jobs based in Rancho Cordova, 2013 → 2023: 49,110 → 55,759. 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.