Work & commute · San Martin

Work & commute in San Martin, CA

Most working residents leave San Martin for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are San Jose (24%), Morgan Hill (10%) and Gilroy (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

161 of 2,956 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,795 San Martin residents head out of town to work, 161 work right here, and 1,116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Martin.

2,795live here, work elsewhere

161live and work here

1,116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Martin goes to work

San Jose19 mi away

24%697

Morgan Hill4.2 mi away

10%303

Gilroy5.3 mi away

7%218

San Martin (in town)right here

5%161

Santa Clara28.2 mi away

4%124

San Francisco90.5 mi away

3%76

Fremont34.2 mi away

2%68

Sunnyvale31.6 mi away

2%67

Mountain View34.4 mi away

2%56

Palo Alto37.1 mi away

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,130

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

How far

How far San Martin commutes

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

27%

21%

33%

18%

27%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Martin is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Martin are

1,277 jobs are based in San Martin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Martin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Martin

1,277 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs San Martin residents hold

2,956 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+11%

Jobs based in San Martin, 2013 → 2023: 1,155 → 1,277. 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.