Work & commute · San Lorenzo

Work & commute in San Lorenzo, CA

Most working residents leave San Lorenzo for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Oakland (13%), San Francisco (10%) and Hayward (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

447 of 13,525 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,078 San Lorenzo residents head out of town to work, 447 work right here, and 2,711 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Lorenzo.

13,078live here, work elsewhere

447live and work here

2,711work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Lorenzo goes to work

Oakland8.1 mi away

13%1,746

San Francisco49.1 mi away

10%1,311

Hayward3.8 mi away

10%1,294

San Leandro2.4 mi away

6%872

Fremont16.4 mi away

5%734

San Jose31.6 mi away

3%448

San Lorenzo (in town)right here

3%447

Union City8.2 mi away

2%334

Alameda8.2 mi away

2%305

Pleasanton13.9 mi away

2%305

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%5,729

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

How far

How far San Lorenzo commutes

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

32%

52%

10%

32%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Lorenzo is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Lorenzo are

3,158 jobs are based in San Lorenzo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Lorenzo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Lorenzo

3,158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs San Lorenzo residents hold

13,525 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−8%

Jobs based in San Lorenzo, 2013 → 2023: 3,431 → 3,158. 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.