Work & commute · San Anselmo

Work & commute in San Anselmo, CA

Most working residents leave San Anselmo for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (26%), San Rafael (11%) and Novato (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

441 of 5,043 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,602 San Anselmo residents head out of town to work, 441 work right here, and 2,355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Anselmo.

4,602live here, work elsewhere

441live and work here

2,355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Anselmo goes to work

San Francisco30.8 mi away

26%1,323

San Rafael3.4 mi away

11%576

San Anselmo (in town)right here

9%441

Novato7.2 mi away

3%161

Oakland23.8 mi away

2%120

Larkspur3.6 mi away

2%116

Fairfax1.4 mi away

2%114

Corte Madera4.9 mi away

2%100

Berkeley16.8 mi away

2%96

Kentfield3.3 mi away

2%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,903

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

How far

How far San Anselmo commutes

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

40%

37%

11%

12%

40%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Anselmo is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Anselmo are

2,796 jobs are based in San Anselmo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Anselmo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Anselmo

2,796 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs San Anselmo residents hold

5,043 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+6%

Jobs based in San Anselmo, 2013 → 2023: 2,627 → 2,796. 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.