Photo: Original uploader was Walkiped at en.wikipedia · CC BY 2.0Dublin has some of the highest household incomes of any U.S. town
Measured by household income, Dublin is among the highest-earning towns in the country. 4.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.0% across California. Dublin grades A for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Dublin, in brief
Home offices are common in Dublin
35% of Dublin workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Four in five Dublin workers earn over $40,000 a year
82% of Dublin’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Dublin workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Dublin’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Dublin is San Francisco, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (3,285) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Dublin draws workers from far and wide
The 22,359 jobs in Dublin are filled from a wide area. Dublin’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 33%; the other 58% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Dublin earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dublin is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #31 of 847 in California. Household income is its strongest input ($214,385, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dublin could be anywhere from A to A+.
How long Dublin spends getting to work: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dublin workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23,917 commuters (the 35% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
68% of the jobs in Dublin pay over $3,333 a month
22,359 jobs are based in Dublin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dublin, 2013 → 2023: 16,470 → 22,359. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dublin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Dublin
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
10% of working residents work in San Francisco
Where Dublin clocks in
9% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who commutes out of Dublin, and who commutes in
On a workday 30,100 residents head out to work, 1,967 work right here, and 20,392 people come in from elsewhere.
About 62,000 people are in Dublin on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.70 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Dublin is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 36,635 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 96% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 96% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 10.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 94% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Dublin households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Dublin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dublin next to U.S. towns of 50,000 to 97,000: 32nd of 628 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
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| 22 | Cupertino CA | 58,333 | $235K | 4.1% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
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| 27 | South San Francisco CA | 64,941 | $137K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
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| 30 | Plainfield IL | 50,043 | $144K | 4.2% | 3.8% | 9% | A |
| 31 | Minnetonka MN | 53,969 | $120K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 12% | A |
| 32 | Dublin CA | 71,602 | $214K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| 33 | Parker CO | 65,985 | $133K | 4.4% | 3.0% | 8% | A |
| 34 | Sandy UT | 92,386 | $112K | 5.5% | 2.6% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Mountain View CA | 85,438 | $190K | 6.0% | 3.7% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 628 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | D |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Dublin, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door is work for 13% of Dublin
The biggest share goes to Pleasanton (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dublin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | – | A | A+ | 36 min | $214,385 |
| Pleasanton | 9% | A | A+ | 34 min | $190,124 |
| San Ramon | 4% | A | A | 35 min | $196,161 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dublin’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dublin: questions
What is the median household income in Dublin?
$214,385 (±$9,481) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dublin?
4.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dublin?
36 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dublin work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (10%, 29 mi), Pleasanton (9%, 4 mi), San Jose (7%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dublin walkable?
Dublin is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.3 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dublin without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 96% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dublin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dublin
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.