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Work & commute · St. Helena

Work & commute in St. Helena, CA

About one in 4 of St. Helena’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Napa (7%), Deer Park (4%) and San Francisco (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
27%
607 of 2,288 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
20%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,681 St. Helena residents head out of town to work, 607 work right here, and 4,792 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Helena.

1,681live here, work elsewhere
607live and work here
4,792work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where St. Helena goes to work

CalistogaSt. HelenaAmerican CanyonPetalumaNapaFairfieldSanta RosaVallejoSan JoseSan FranciscoOaklandSacramentoAngwinDeer ParkNapaDeer ParkSan FranciscoSanta RosaCalistogaAngwinOaklandSan JoseSacramentoSt. Helena
1
St. Helena (in town)right here
27%607
2
Napa17.4 mi away
7%151
3
Deer Park1.6 mi away
4%92
4
San Francisco62.3 mi away
4%86
5
Santa Rosa13.7 mi away
3%61
6
Calistoga7.8 mi away
2%54
7
Angwin4.6 mi away
2%40
8
Oakland53 mi away
1%32
9
San Jose91.3 mi away
1%30
10
Sacramento54.2 mi away
1%28
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%1,107

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

How far

How far St. Helena commutes

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

47%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

St. Helena is a job hub

2.36jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Helena are

5,399 jobs are based in St. Helena. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Helena’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Helena

5,399 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)44%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs St. Helena residents hold

2,288 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month67%
+10%

Jobs based in St. Helena, 2013 → 2023: 4,904 → 5,399. 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.

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