Work & commute · Vallejo

Work & commute in Vallejo, CA

Most working residents leave Vallejo for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (9%), Oakland (5%) and Fairfield (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

6,773 of 50,572 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 43,799 Vallejo residents head out of town to work, 6,773 work right here, and 19,424 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vallejo.

43,799live here, work elsewhere

6,773live and work here

19,424work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vallejo goes to work

Vallejo (in town)right here

13%6,773

San Francisco49.5 mi away

9%4,303

Oakland23.4 mi away

5%2,465

Fairfield16.5 mi away

5%2,342

Napa13.3 mi away

4%2,013

Benicia6.3 mi away

3%1,665

Concord17 mi away

3%1,431

Richmond11.9 mi away

3%1,283

Walnut Creek18.6 mi away

2%1,127

Sacramento53.5 mi away

2%975

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%26,195

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

How far

How far Vallejo commutes

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

25%

39%

19%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vallejo is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Vallejo are

26,197 jobs are based in Vallejo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vallejo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vallejo

26,197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Vallejo residents hold

50,572 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−5%

Jobs based in Vallejo, 2013 → 2023: 27,665 → 26,197. 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.