Work & commute · Waterloo

Work & commute in Waterloo, CA

Most working residents leave Waterloo for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Stockton (26%), Lodi (3%) and Livermore (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 231 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 222 Waterloo residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waterloo.

222live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

146work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waterloo goes to work

Stockton7.9 mi away

26%60

Waterloo (in town)right here

4%9

Lodi8.2 mi away

3%8

Livermore39.6 mi away

3%6

Linden4.7 mi away

3%6

Manteca17 mi away

2%5

Lathrop17.3 mi away

2%5

San Francisco103 mi away

2%5

Oakland59.7 mi away

2%4

Sacramento39.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%119

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

How far

How far Waterloo commutes

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

48%

13%

17%

23%

48%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waterloo is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waterloo are

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

Jobs based in Waterloo

155 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Waterloo residents hold

231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+26%

Jobs based in Waterloo, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 155. 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.