Work & commute · Ripon

Work & commute in Ripon, CA

Most working residents leave Ripon for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Modesto (11%), Stockton (6%) and Manteca (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

824 of 7,409 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 6,585 Ripon residents head out of town to work, 824 work right here, and 3,770 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ripon.

6,585live here, work elsewhere

824live and work here

3,770work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ripon goes to work

Modesto10 mi away

11%832

Ripon (in town)right here

11%824

Stockton18.9 mi away

6%453

Manteca6.3 mi away

5%378

San Jose48.5 mi away

3%255

Livermore34.6 mi away

3%217

Fremont47.5 mi away

3%202

Tracy17.6 mi away

3%198

Oakland59.9 mi away

2%155

Sacramento59.9 mi away

2%123

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%3,772

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

How far

How far Ripon commutes

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

33%

20%

14%

33%

33%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ripon is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ripon are

4,594 jobs are based in Ripon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ripon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ripon

4,594 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Ripon residents hold

7,409 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+47%

Jobs based in Ripon, 2013 → 2023: 3,125 → 4,594. 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.