Photo: Cristiano Tomás · CC BY-SA 4.0Fruitdale at work: jobs, income and the commute
Hardly any stay in Fruitdale for work; outside it, San Jose is the main destination (32%, 7 miles). Home is the office for 41% of workers; California has 17%. A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes, where California has 29 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fruitdale, in a few figures
Fruitdale and San Jose trade workers both ways
San Jose is the top workplace for Fruitdale residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Fruitdale come from (47% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Fruitdale
41% of Fruitdale workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Most Fruitdale residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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; with 443 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Fruitdale commutes to
Where Fruitdale clocks in
32% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
Getting to work from Fruitdale takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fruitdale workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 363 commuters (the 41% 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.
Miles to work from Fruitdale
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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Fruitdale
On a workday 440 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 395 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Fruitdale
398 jobs are based in Fruitdale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fruitdale, 2013 → 2023: 634 → 398. 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 Fruitdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Fruitdale: questions
What is the median household income in Fruitdale?
$182,889 (±$38,809) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fruitdale?
9.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fruitdale?
19 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 41% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fruitdale work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Jose (32%, 7 mi), Santa Clara (9%, 4 mi), Campbell (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fruitdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fruitdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fruitdale
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.