Work & commute · Sausalito

Work & commute in Sausalito, CA

Most working residents leave Sausalito for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (38%), San Rafael (5%) and Oakland (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

281 of 2,772 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

46%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,491 Sausalito residents head out of town to work, 281 work right here, and 4,035 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sausalito.

2,491live here, work elsewhere

281live and work here

4,035work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sausalito goes to work

San Francisco30.9 mi away

38%1,056

Sausalito (in town)right here

10%281

San Rafael8.5 mi away

5%145

Oakland15.8 mi away

3%91

Novato16 mi away

2%60

Corte Madera5.1 mi away

1%39

Larkspur6 mi away

1%38

Mill Valley4.4 mi away

1%37

South San Francisco15.4 mi away

1%36

San Jose53.7 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%954

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

How far

How far Sausalito commutes

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

61%

17%

11%

12%

61%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sausalito is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sausalito are

4,316 jobs are based in Sausalito. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sausalito’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sausalito

4,316 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Sausalito residents hold

2,772 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

−15%

Jobs based in Sausalito, 2013 → 2023: 5,050 → 4,316. 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.