Work & commute · Rohnert Park

Work & commute in Rohnert Park, CA

Most working residents leave Rohnert Park for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Rosa (18%), Petaluma (11%) and San Francisco (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

2,346 of 20,321 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,975 Rohnert Park residents head out of town to work, 2,346 work right here, and 10,603 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rohnert Park.

17,975live here, work elsewhere

2,346live and work here

10,603work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rohnert Park goes to work

Santa Rosa6.8 mi away

18%3,582

Rohnert Park (in town)right here

12%2,346

Petaluma8.3 mi away

11%2,311

San Francisco46.5 mi away

7%1,348

San Rafael27.4 mi away

4%747

Novato19.9 mi away

3%696

Cotati1.4 mi away

2%423

Oakland47.6 mi away

2%309

Windsor14.6 mi away

1%257

Sebastopol7.8 mi away

1%228

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%8,074

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

How far

How far Rohnert Park commutes

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

46%

17%

19%

18%

46%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rohnert Park is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rohnert Park are

12,949 jobs are based in Rohnert Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rohnert Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rohnert Park

12,949 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Rohnert Park residents hold

20,321 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+35%

Jobs based in Rohnert Park, 2013 → 2023: 9,615 → 12,949. 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.