Work & commute · West Modesto

Work & commute in West Modesto, CA

Most working residents leave West Modesto for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Modesto (21%), Stockton (4%) and Ceres (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 2,043 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 2,019 West Modesto residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 326 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Modesto.

2,019live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

326work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Modesto goes to work

Modesto2.1 mi away

21%431

Stockton29 mi away

4%74

Ceres3.8 mi away

4%72

Turlock12.3 mi away

3%63

Fremont50.5 mi away

3%62

Tracy24.2 mi away

3%53

San Jose48.3 mi away

3%53

Manteca16.1 mi away

2%40

Livermore40.1 mi away

2%38

Sacramento69.8 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,120

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

How far

How far West Modesto commutes

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

35%

16%

13%

36%

35%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Modesto is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Modesto are

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

Jobs based in West Modesto

350 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month65%

Over $3,333 a month9%

Jobs West Modesto residents hold

2,043 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+48%

Jobs based in West Modesto, 2013 → 2023: 236 → 350. 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.