Work & commute · San Miguel

Work & commute in San Miguel, CA

Most working residents leave San Miguel for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (17%), Walnut Creek (14%) and Oakland (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 1,437 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,420 San Miguel residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Miguel.

1,420live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Miguel goes to work

San Francisco55.4 mi away

17%238

Walnut Creek1.1 mi away

14%198

Oakland13.1 mi away

7%105

Concord6.2 mi away

5%66

San Ramon10.2 mi away

4%54

Berkeley14.4 mi away

4%52

Pleasanton17.4 mi away

2%34

Dublin14.1 mi away

2%29

Danville6.3 mi away

2%25

Pleasant Hill5.1 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%613

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

How far

How far San Miguel commutes

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

33%

43%

13%

10%

33%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Miguel is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Miguel are

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

Jobs based in San Miguel

197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs San Miguel residents hold

1,437 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month80%

+1%

Jobs based in San Miguel, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 197. 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.