Work & commute · Tracy

Work & commute in Tracy, CA

Most working residents leave Tracy for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Livermore (8%), Stockton (6%) and San Jose (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

6,578 of 37,714 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31,136 Tracy residents head out of town to work, 6,578 work right here, and 34,582 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tracy.

31,136live here, work elsewhere

6,578live and work here

34,582work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tracy goes to work

Tracy (in town)right here

17%6,578

Livermore17 mi away

8%2,968

Stockton18.9 mi away

6%2,109

San Jose35.8 mi away

5%1,971

Pleasanton23.8 mi away

4%1,434

Fremont31.2 mi away

4%1,402

Oakland42.4 mi away

3%1,000

Modesto25.3 mi away

3%958

San Francisco86.3 mi away

3%944

Sacramento58.1 mi away

2%718

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%17,632

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

How far

How far Tracy commutes

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

21%

23%

35%

20%

21%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tracy is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tracy are

41,160 jobs are based in Tracy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tracy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tracy

41,160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Tracy residents hold

37,714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+137%

Jobs based in Tracy, 2013 → 2023: 17,363 → 41,160. 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.