Work & commute · Sunol

Work & commute in Sunol, CA

Most working residents leave Sunol for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pleasanton (15%), San Jose (9%) and San Francisco (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 435 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 434 Sunol residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 417 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunol.

434live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

417work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunol goes to work

Pleasanton5.6 mi away

15%65

San Jose20.4 mi away

9%37

San Francisco63.8 mi away

8%35

Livermore9.6 mi away

6%27

Fremont7.1 mi away

6%24

Santa Clara16 mi away

5%21

Oakland22.8 mi away

5%20

Dublin9 mi away

4%16

San Ramon12.8 mi away

2%10

Redwood City18.9 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%171

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

How far

How far Sunol commutes

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

28%

43%

18%

11%

28%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunol is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunol are

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

Jobs based in Sunol

418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Sunol residents hold

435 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month77%

−21%

Jobs based in Sunol, 2013 → 2023: 526 → 418. 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.