Work & commute · Rocklin

Work & commute in Rocklin, CA

Most working residents leave Rocklin for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Roseville (16%), Sacramento (13%) and Rancho Cordova (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

3,306 of 29,504 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 26,198 Rocklin residents head out of town to work, 3,306 work right here, and 19,580 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rocklin.

26,198live here, work elsewhere

3,306live and work here

19,580work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rocklin goes to work

Roseville4.5 mi away

16%4,854

Sacramento20.3 mi away

13%3,967

Rocklin (in town)right here

11%3,306

Rancho Cordova15.9 mi away

3%908

Folsom11.3 mi away

3%899

San Francisco122.1 mi away

2%737

North Auburn12.5 mi away

2%675

Arden-Arcade16 mi away

2%614

Lincoln5.2 mi away

2%499

San Jose108.8 mi away

2%449

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%12,596

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

How far

How far Rocklin commutes

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

37%

33%

25%

37%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rocklin is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rocklin are

22,886 jobs are based in Rocklin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rocklin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rocklin

22,886 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Rocklin residents hold

29,504 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+42%

Jobs based in Rocklin, 2013 → 2023: 16,163 → 22,886. 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.