Work & commute · San Ramon

Work & commute in San Ramon, CA

Most working residents leave San Ramon for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (11%), Pleasanton (7%) and Oakland (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

3,889 of 38,721 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 34,832 San Ramon residents head out of town to work, 3,889 work right here, and 31,728 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Ramon.

34,832live here, work elsewhere

3,889live and work here

31,728work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Ramon goes to work

San Francisco60.3 mi away

11%4,368

San Ramon (in town)right here

10%3,889

Pleasanton7.4 mi away

7%2,589

Oakland16.2 mi away

6%2,159

San Jose33.1 mi away

5%2,052

Fremont18.8 mi away

3%1,336

Walnut Creek11.2 mi away

3%1,075

Danville3.8 mi away

3%1,069

Livermore10.8 mi away

3%1,068

Dublin3.9 mi away

2%946

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%18,170

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

How far

How far San Ramon commutes

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

25%

37%

26%

12%

25%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Ramon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in San Ramon are

35,617 jobs are based in San Ramon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Ramon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Ramon

35,617 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs San Ramon residents hold

38,721 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month81%

−11%

Jobs based in San Ramon, 2013 → 2023: 40,008 → 35,617. 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.