Work & commute · San Pablo

Work & commute in San Pablo, CA

Most working residents leave San Pablo for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (16%), Richmond (10%) and Oakland (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

651 of 12,092 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 11,441 San Pablo residents head out of town to work, 651 work right here, and 4,056 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Pablo.

11,441live here, work elsewhere

651live and work here

4,056work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Pablo goes to work

San Francisco41 mi away

16%1,977

Richmond1.2 mi away

10%1,238

Oakland14.8 mi away

9%1,081

Berkeley7.1 mi away

6%752

San Pablo (in town)right here

5%651

San Rafael9 mi away

3%361

San Jose54.4 mi away

2%252

Martinez12.7 mi away

2%196

Concord18.6 mi away

1%161

El Cerrito3.7 mi away

1%154

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%5,269

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

How far

How far San Pablo commutes

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

33%

41%

12%

14%

33%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Pablo is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Pablo are

4,707 jobs are based in San Pablo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Pablo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Pablo

4,707 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs San Pablo residents hold

12,092 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+3%

Jobs based in San Pablo, 2013 → 2023: 4,561 → 4,707. 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.