Work & commute · Redwood

Work & commute in Redwood, CA

Most working residents leave Redwood for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (11%), Palo Alto (8%) and Menlo Park (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

4,551 of 36,752 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 32,201 Redwood residents head out of town to work, 4,551 work right here, and 52,480 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Redwood.

32,201live here, work elsewhere

4,551live and work here

52,480work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Redwood goes to work

Redwood City (in town)right here

12%4,551

San Francisco47.1 mi away

11%4,010

Palo Alto9.1 mi away

8%2,821

Menlo Park4.4 mi away

6%2,301

San Jose26.6 mi away

5%1,839

San Mateo6.2 mi away

5%1,688

Mountain View10.9 mi away

4%1,555

San Carlos3.2 mi away

3%1,216

Stanford6.6 mi away

3%973

Sunnyvale13.6 mi away

3%969

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%14,829

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

How far

How far Redwood commutes

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

47%

38%

47%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Redwood is a job hub

1.55jobs 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 Redwood are

57,031 jobs are based in Redwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Redwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Redwood

57,031 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Redwood residents hold

36,752 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month81%

+12%

Jobs based in Redwood, 2013 → 2023: 50,889 → 57,031. 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.