Work & commute · Richmond

Work & commute in Richmond, CA

Most working residents leave Richmond for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (18%), Oakland (10%) and Berkeley (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

4,661 of 44,430 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 39,769 Richmond residents head out of town to work, 4,661 work right here, and 27,782 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richmond.

39,769live here, work elsewhere

4,661live and work here

27,782work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richmond goes to work

San Francisco39.8 mi away

18%8,009

Richmond (in town)right here

10%4,661

Oakland14.6 mi away

10%4,611

Berkeley6.9 mi away

7%3,255

San Rafael8.2 mi away

3%1,240

San Jose54.3 mi away

2%878

San Pablo1.2 mi away

2%681

Martinez13.8 mi away

2%667

Concord19.6 mi away

1%632

Emeryville8.4 mi away

1%609

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%19,187

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

How far

How far Richmond commutes

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

36%

39%

12%

14%

36%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richmond is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Richmond are

32,443 jobs are based in Richmond. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Richmond

32,443 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Richmond residents hold

44,430 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+19%

Jobs based in Richmond, 2013 → 2023: 27,335 → 32,443. 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.