Work & commute · Riverbank

Work & commute in Riverbank, CA

Most working residents leave Riverbank for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Modesto (22%), Stockton (4%) and Oakdale (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

617 of 11,075 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 10,458 Riverbank residents head out of town to work, 617 work right here, and 3,302 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverbank.

10,458live here, work elsewhere

617live and work here

3,302work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverbank goes to work

Modesto6.9 mi away

22%2,444

Riverbank (in town)right here

6%617

Stockton26.3 mi away

4%495

Oakdale5.9 mi away

4%424

Ceres8.9 mi away

3%346

Turlock15.9 mi away

3%280

San Jose56.2 mi away

3%277

Manteca16 mi away

2%273

Tracy27.7 mi away

2%226

Fremont56.8 mi away

2%206

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%5,487

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

How far

How far Riverbank commutes

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

45%

15%

11%

30%

45%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riverbank is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverbank are

3,919 jobs are based in Riverbank. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Riverbank’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Riverbank

3,919 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Riverbank residents hold

11,075 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+49%

Jobs based in Riverbank, 2013 → 2023: 2,639 → 3,919. 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.