Work & commute · Sebastopol

Work & commute in Sebastopol, CA

Most working residents leave Sebastopol for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Rosa (21%), Petaluma (5%) and San Francisco (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

334 of 2,951 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,617 Sebastopol residents head out of town to work, 334 work right here, and 3,595 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sebastopol.

2,617live here, work elsewhere

334live and work here

3,595work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sebastopol goes to work

Santa Rosa7.3 mi away

21%621

Sebastopol (in town)right here

11%334

Petaluma15.3 mi away

5%152

San Francisco47.8 mi away

5%151

Rohnert Park7.8 mi away

3%78

San Rafael33.8 mi away

2%58

Windsor9.9 mi away

2%50

Healdsburg15.5 mi away

2%45

Sacramento74.4 mi away

2%45

Novato26.5 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,381

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

How far

How far Sebastopol commutes

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

51%

14%

15%

20%

51%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sebastopol is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sebastopol are

3,929 jobs are based in Sebastopol. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sebastopol’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sebastopol

3,929 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Sebastopol residents hold

2,951 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−7%

Jobs based in Sebastopol, 2013 → 2023: 4,222 → 3,929. 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.