Work & commute · Rutherford

Work & commute in Rutherford, CA

Most working residents leave Rutherford for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Helena (13%), Napa (6%) and Deer Park (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 47 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

72%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 47 Rutherford residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rutherford.

47live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rutherford goes to work

St. Helena4.3 mi away

13%6

Napa13.1 mi away

6%3

Deer Park5.8 mi away

6%3

Walnut Creek43.8 mi away

4%2

Santa Rosa15 mi away

4%2

Novato26.5 mi away

4%2

Healdsburg26.1 mi away

2%1

Paramount394.5 mi away

2%1

American Canyon21.3 mi away

2%1

Hercules31.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%25

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

How far

How far Rutherford commutes

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

34%

15%

26%

34%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rutherford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rutherford are

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

Jobs based in Rutherford

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Rutherford residents hold

47 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−64%

Jobs based in Rutherford, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 53. 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.