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Work & commute · Ross

Work & commute in Ross, CA

Most working residents leave Ross for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (35%), Berkeley (2%) and San Rafael (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
16 of 545 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
48%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 529 Ross residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 592 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ross.

529live here, work elsewhere
16live and work here
592work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Ross goes to work

RossFairfaxSan AnselmoLarkspurCorte MaderaBerkeleyPetalumaSan RafaelSanta RosaNovatoRichmondSan FranciscoOaklandKentfieldSan FranciscoBerkeleySan RafaelOaklandSan AnselmoLarkspurCorte MaderaNovatoPetalumaRoss
1
San Francisco30.4 mi away
35%191
2
Ross (in town)right here
3%16
3
Berkeley15.9 mi away
2%13
4
San Rafael3.2 mi away
2%13
5
Oakland22.7 mi away
2%13
6
San Anselmo1.3 mi away
2%10
7
Larkspur2.4 mi away
2%10
8
Corte Madera3.7 mi away
2%9
9
Novato8.4 mi away
2%9
10
Petaluma19.6 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%253

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

How far

How far Ross commutes

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

17%Under 10 mi
47%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ross is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ross are

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

Jobs based in Ross

608 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities8%
Services (health, schools, offices…)89%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Ross residents hold

545 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%
Over $3,333 a month75%
+34%

Jobs based in Ross, 2013 → 2023: 455 → 608. 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.

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