Work & commute · Woodland

Work & commute in Woodland, CA

About one in 4 of Woodland’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (13%), Davis (6%) and University of California-Davis (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

6,706 of 26,440 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,734 Woodland residents head out of town to work, 6,706 work right here, and 15,002 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodland.

19,734live here, work elsewhere

6,706live and work here

15,002work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodland goes to work

Woodland (in town)right here

25%6,706

Sacramento16.8 mi away

13%3,345

Davis8 mi away

6%1,486

University of California-Davis9.2 mi away

3%861

Brooks21.9 mi away

3%849

Vacaville24.7 mi away

2%616

West Sacramento13.5 mi away

2%585

San Francisco95.4 mi away

2%532

Roseville24.1 mi away

2%510

Fairfield32.2 mi away

2%431

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%10,519

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

How far

How far Woodland commutes

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

37%

30%

15%

18%

37%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodland are

21,708 jobs are based in Woodland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodland

21,708 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Woodland residents hold

26,440 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+28%

Jobs based in Woodland, 2013 → 2023: 16,922 → 21,708. 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.