Work & commute · San Leandro

Work & commute in San Leandro, CA

Most working residents leave San Leandro for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Oakland (16%), San Francisco (14%) and Hayward (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

4,856 of 41,891 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 37,035 San Leandro residents head out of town to work, 4,856 work right here, and 40,852 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Leandro.

37,035live here, work elsewhere

4,856live and work here

40,852work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Leandro goes to work

Oakland5.7 mi away

16%6,871

San Francisco47.5 mi away

14%5,875

San Leandro (in town)right here

12%4,856

Hayward6.2 mi away

6%2,412

Fremont18.9 mi away

3%1,309

Alameda6 mi away

3%1,272

San Jose34 mi away

3%1,104

Berkeley13.4 mi away

3%1,082

Pleasanton15.6 mi away

2%863

Union City10.5 mi away

2%653

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%15,594

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

How far

How far San Leandro commutes

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

38%

46%

10%

38%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Leandro is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in San Leandro are

45,708 jobs are based in San Leandro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Leandro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Leandro

45,708 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs San Leandro residents hold

41,891 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+17%

Jobs based in San Leandro, 2013 → 2023: 39,003 → 45,708. 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.