Work & commute · Saranap

Work & commute in Saranap, CA

Most working residents leave Saranap for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (18%), Walnut Creek (9%) and Oakland (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 2,413 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,363 Saranap residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 833 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saranap.

2,363live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

833work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saranap goes to work

San Francisco53.4 mi away

18%443

Walnut Creek2.2 mi away

9%225

Oakland11.5 mi away

9%207

Lafayette2.4 mi away

4%108

Concord7.1 mi away

4%102

Berkeley12.2 mi away

3%64

San Ramon11.6 mi away

2%60

Danville7.8 mi away

2%50

Saranap (in town)right here

2%50

Pleasanton18.6 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,057

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

How far

How far Saranap commutes

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

31%

45%

12%

31%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saranap is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saranap are

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

Jobs based in Saranap

883 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Saranap residents hold

2,413 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

−1%

Jobs based in Saranap, 2013 → 2023: 890 → 883. 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.