Work & commute · Vacaville

Work & commute in Vacaville, CA

About one in 5 of Vacaville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fairfield (13%), Sacramento (6%) and San Francisco (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

9,106 of 42,783 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 33,677 Vacaville residents head out of town to work, 9,106 work right here, and 23,174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vacaville.

33,677live here, work elsewhere

9,106live and work here

23,174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vacaville goes to work

Vacaville (in town)right here

21%9,106

Fairfield7.5 mi away

13%5,416

Sacramento30.7 mi away

6%2,445

San Francisco72.5 mi away

4%1,712

Oakland43 mi away

2%1,043

Vallejo23.6 mi away

2%965

Napa18.5 mi away

2%868

Concord26.8 mi away

2%676

San Jose73.9 mi away

1%623

Benicia22.2 mi away

1%603

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%19,326

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

How far

How far Vacaville commutes

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

33%

16%

34%

17%

33%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vacaville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Vacaville are

32,280 jobs are based in Vacaville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vacaville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vacaville

32,280 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Vacaville residents hold

42,783 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+16%

Jobs based in Vacaville, 2013 → 2023: 27,740 → 32,280. 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.