Work & commute · Sea Ranch

Work & commute in Sea Ranch, CA

Most working residents leave Sea Ranch for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (8%), Santa Rosa (5%) and Timber Cove (4%). Half commute less than 71 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 327 working residents

Typical commute

71 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

58%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 311 Sea Ranch residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sea Ranch.

311live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

159work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sea Ranch goes to work

San Francisco72.7 mi away

8%27

Santa Rosa45 mi away

5%17

Sea Ranch (in town)right here

5%16

Timber Cove16.7 mi away

4%12

Petaluma55.9 mi away

3%10

Sacramento107.9 mi away

3%10

Vallejo77.6 mi away

3%9

Richmond79.9 mi away

2%8

Napa69.2 mi away

2%7

San Rafael72.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%204

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

How far

How far Sea Ranch commutes

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

12%

16%

64%

12%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

64%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sea Ranch is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sea Ranch are

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

Jobs based in Sea Ranch

175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Sea Ranch residents hold

327 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+24%

Jobs based in Sea Ranch, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 175. 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.