Work & commute · Sonoma

Work & commute in Sonoma, CA

About one in 5 of Sonoma’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Santa Rosa (6%), San Francisco (5%) and Napa (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

811 of 3,860 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,049 Sonoma residents head out of town to work, 811 work right here, and 5,618 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sonoma.

3,049live here, work elsewhere

811live and work here

5,618work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sonoma goes to work

Sonoma (in town)right here

21%811

Santa Rosa17.1 mi away

6%244

San Francisco49.8 mi away

5%182

Napa8.6 mi away

5%178

Petaluma9.7 mi away

4%148

Novato15 mi away

2%91

San Rafael21.5 mi away

2%85

Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente3 mi away

2%78

El Verano1.8 mi away

1%57

Oakland38.1 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,935

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

How far

How far Sonoma commutes

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

43%

25%

15%

17%

43%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sonoma is a job hub

1.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sonoma are

6,429 jobs are based in Sonoma. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sonoma’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sonoma

6,429 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Sonoma residents hold

3,860 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+12%

Jobs based in Sonoma, 2013 → 2023: 5,737 → 6,429. 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.