Work & commute · Sacramento

Work & commute in Sacramento, CA

About one in 3 of Sacramento’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rancho Cordova (4%), West Sacramento (4%) and Elk Grove (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

81,444 of 207,855 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 126,411 Sacramento residents head out of town to work, 81,444 work right here, and 236,610 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sacramento.

126,411live here, work elsewhere

81,444live and work here

236,610work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sacramento goes to work

Sacramento (in town)right here

39%81,444

Rancho Cordova12.5 mi away

4%7,660

West Sacramento4.4 mi away

4%7,386

Elk Grove11.5 mi away

3%6,938

Arden-Arcade5.1 mi away

3%6,651

San Francisco102.9 mi away

3%5,922

Roseville16.1 mi away

3%5,496

Florin6.8 mi away

2%3,230

Folsom18.9 mi away

1%2,764

Carmichael8.8 mi away

1%2,499

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%77,865

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

How far

How far Sacramento commutes

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

55%

19%

21%

55%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sacramento is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sacramento are

318,054 jobs are based in Sacramento. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sacramento’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sacramento

318,054 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Sacramento residents hold

207,855 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+14%

Jobs based in Sacramento, 2013 → 2023: 278,626 → 318,054. 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.