Work & commute · Valley Ranch

Work & commute in Valley Ranch, CA

Most working residents leave Valley Ranch for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Portola (6%), Roseville (6%) and San Francisco (6%). Half commute less than 78 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 35 working residents

Typical commute

78 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 33 Valley Ranch residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley Ranch.

33live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valley Ranch goes to work

Portola7.4 mi away

6%2

Roseville78.2 mi away

6%2

San Francisco192.4 mi away

6%2

Reno, NV40.3 mi away

6%2

Valley Ranch (in town)right here

6%2

Greenfield238.9 mi away

3%1

South San Francisco174.1 mi away

3%1

Eureka202.8 mi away

3%1

Berkeley159.7 mi away

3%1

San Luis Obispo309.2 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%20

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

How far

How far Valley Ranch commutes

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

17%

14%

63%

17%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

63%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valley Ranch 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 Valley Ranch are

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

Jobs based in Valley Ranch

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month61%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Valley Ranch residents hold

35 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+1800%

Jobs based in Valley Ranch, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 38. 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.