Work & commute · Tomales

Work & commute in Tomales, CA

Most working residents leave Tomales for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (13%), San Rafael (9%) and Petaluma (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 56 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 56 Tomales residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tomales.

56live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tomales goes to work

San Francisco36.6 mi away

13%7

San Rafael28.4 mi away

9%5

Petaluma15 mi away

5%3

Santa Rosa17.5 mi away

5%3

Menlo Park67.2 mi away

4%2

Novato22.4 mi away

4%2

Sacramento80.9 mi away

4%2

Point Reyes Station12.4 mi away

4%2

St. Helena30 mi away

2%1

Pleasant Hill49.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%28

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

How far

How far Tomales commutes

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

36%

30%

29%

5%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tomales is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tomales are

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

Jobs based in Tomales

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Tomales residents hold

56 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−8%

Jobs based in Tomales, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 59. 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.