Work & commute · Stockton

Work & commute in Stockton, CA

About one in 3 of Stockton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lodi (4%), Tracy (4%) and Sacramento (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

38,796 of 118,721 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 79,925 Stockton residents head out of town to work, 38,796 work right here, and 65,433 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stockton.

79,925live here, work elsewhere

38,796live and work here

65,433work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stockton goes to work

Stockton (in town)right here

33%38,796

Lodi10.1 mi away

4%5,066

Tracy18.9 mi away

4%4,804

Sacramento41.8 mi away

3%3,358

San Francisco95.6 mi away

3%3,244

Fremont48 mi away

2%2,647

San Jose54.6 mi away

2%2,624

Lathrop11.6 mi away

2%2,549

Manteca13.5 mi away

2%2,416

Oakland52 mi away

2%2,007

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%51,210

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

How far

How far Stockton commutes

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

42%

13%

19%

26%

42%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stockton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stockton are

104,229 jobs are based in Stockton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stockton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stockton

104,229 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Stockton residents hold

118,721 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+15%

Jobs based in Stockton, 2013 → 2023: 90,931 → 104,229. 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.