Work & commute · Salida

Work & commute in Salida, CA

Most working residents leave Salida for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Modesto (20%), Stockton (6%) and Manteca (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

253 of 5,945 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,692 Salida residents head out of town to work, 253 work right here, and 5,318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salida.

5,692live here, work elsewhere

253live and work here

5,318work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salida goes to work

Modesto6.7 mi away

20%1,201

Stockton22.1 mi away

6%356

Salida (in town)right here

4%253

Manteca9.6 mi away

3%174

Livermore36.9 mi away

3%173

Fremont49.2 mi away

3%170

Ceres9.9 mi away

3%160

Tracy20.1 mi away

3%160

San Jose49.1 mi away

3%159

Ripon3.4 mi away

2%124

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%3,015

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

How far

How far Salida commutes

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

39%

21%

15%

26%

39%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salida is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Salida are

5,571 jobs are based in Salida. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Salida’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Salida

5,571 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Salida residents hold

5,945 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+31%

Jobs based in Salida, 2013 → 2023: 4,254 → 5,571. 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.