Work & commute · Saratoga

Work & commute in Saratoga, CA

Most working residents leave Saratoga for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are San Jose (20%), Santa Clara (9%) and Sunnyvale (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

604 of 12,893 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,289 Saratoga residents head out of town to work, 604 work right here, and 5,845 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saratoga.

12,289live here, work elsewhere

604live and work here

5,845work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saratoga goes to work

San Jose11.8 mi away

20%2,642

Santa Clara7.4 mi away

9%1,220

Sunnyvale8.1 mi away

8%979

Cupertino3.7 mi away

8%967

San Francisco63.6 mi away

6%779

Mountain View9.5 mi away

5%691

Saratoga (in town)right here

5%604

Palo Alto10.9 mi away

5%602

Menlo Park16.1 mi away

3%353

Fremont16.3 mi away

2%299

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%3,757

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

How far

How far Saratoga commutes

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

50%

28%

13%

50%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saratoga is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saratoga are

6,449 jobs are based in Saratoga. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Saratoga’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Saratoga

6,449 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Saratoga residents hold

12,893 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month84%

−1%

Jobs based in Saratoga, 2013 → 2023: 6,498 → 6,449. 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.