Work & commute · Turlock

Work & commute in Turlock, CA

About one in 4 of Turlock’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Modesto (14%), Ceres (4%) and Stockton (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

7,315 of 29,254 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 21,939 Turlock residents head out of town to work, 7,315 work right here, and 18,721 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Turlock.

21,939live here, work elsewhere

7,315live and work here

18,721work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Turlock goes to work

Turlock (in town)right here

25%7,315

Modesto12 mi away

14%4,005

Ceres8.8 mi away

4%1,279

Stockton40.8 mi away

2%598

San Jose54.4 mi away

2%531

Livingston11 mi away

2%528

Tracy35.9 mi away

1%427

San Francisco119.9 mi away

1%402

Fremont59.3 mi away

1%388

Sacramento80.5 mi away

1%336

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%13,445

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

How far

How far Turlock commutes

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

39%

25%

27%

39%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Turlock is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Turlock are

26,036 jobs are based in Turlock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Turlock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Turlock

26,036 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Turlock residents hold

29,254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+16%

Jobs based in Turlock, 2013 → 2023: 22,532 → 26,036. 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.