Work & commute · San Bruno

Work & commute in San Bruno, CA

Most working residents leave San Bruno for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (30%), South San Francisco (8%) and San Mateo (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,110 of 20,809 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,699 San Bruno residents head out of town to work, 1,110 work right here, and 11,967 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Bruno.

19,699live here, work elsewhere

1,110live and work here

11,967work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Bruno goes to work

San Francisco33.6 mi away

30%6,187

South San Francisco3.6 mi away

8%1,596

San Bruno (in town)right here

5%1,110

San Mateo8 mi away

5%979

Burlingame4.5 mi away

4%886

Oakland15 mi away

3%675

Redwood City14.2 mi away

3%641

San Jose40.8 mi away

3%563

Daly City5.6 mi away

2%516

Palo Alto22.4 mi away

2%346

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%7,310

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

How far

How far San Bruno commutes

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

40%

41%

11%

40%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Bruno is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Bruno are

13,077 jobs are based in San Bruno. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Bruno’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Bruno

13,077 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs San Bruno residents hold

20,809 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+15%

Jobs based in San Bruno, 2013 → 2023: 11,395 → 13,077. 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.