Work & commute · West Sacramento

Work & commute in West Sacramento, CA

Most working residents leave West Sacramento for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (31%), Rancho Cordova (3%) and Roseville (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

3,294 of 23,297 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,003 West Sacramento residents head out of town to work, 3,294 work right here, and 31,191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Sacramento.

20,003live here, work elsewhere

3,294live and work here

31,191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Sacramento goes to work

Sacramento4.4 mi away

31%7,194

West Sacramento (in town)right here

14%3,294

Rancho Cordova17 mi away

3%750

Roseville19.4 mi away

3%620

Arden-Arcade9.4 mi away

2%563

San Francisco98.8 mi away

2%531

Woodland13.5 mi away

2%491

Elk Grove13.1 mi away

2%474

Davis10.2 mi away

2%446

Vacaville26.4 mi away

1%337

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%8,597

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

How far

How far West Sacramento commutes

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

51%

23%

18%

51%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Sacramento is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Sacramento are

34,485 jobs are based in West Sacramento. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Sacramento’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Sacramento

34,485 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs West Sacramento residents hold

23,297 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+52%

Jobs based in West Sacramento, 2013 → 2023: 22,672 → 34,485. 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.