Work & commute · Strawberry

Work & commute in Strawberry, CA

Most working residents leave Strawberry for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (33%), San Rafael (6%) and Mill Valley (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 1,925 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,843 Strawberry residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 2,035 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Strawberry.

1,843live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

2,035work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Strawberry goes to work

San Francisco30.7 mi away

33%634

San Rafael6.2 mi away

6%125

Strawberry (in town)right here

4%82

Mill Valley2.2 mi away

4%73

Novato13.6 mi away

3%50

Oakland17.6 mi away

3%49

Larkspur3.6 mi away

2%46

Corte Madera2.8 mi away

2%43

Berkeley11.6 mi away

2%37

Sausalito2.5 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%750

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

How far

How far Strawberry commutes

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

55%

20%

12%

14%

55%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Strawberry is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Strawberry are

2,117 jobs are based in Strawberry. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Strawberry’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Strawberry

2,117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Strawberry residents hold

1,925 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+14%

Jobs based in Strawberry, 2013 → 2023: 1,858 → 2,117. 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.