Photo: Sinjutchupti · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Port Costa
Port Costa has 132 jobs for 90 working residents. 32% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Only 1% stay in Port Costa for work; outside it, San Francisco is the main destination (17%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Port Costa
On a workday 89 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Port Costa on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Port Costa ends
Where Port Costa clocks in
7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Port Costa
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Port Costa, 2014 → 2024: 42 → 132. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Costa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Port Costa
of Port Costa workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 68 commuters (the 32% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Port Costa
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Port Costa: questions
What is the median household income in Port Costa?
$38,929 (±$20,037) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Port Costa?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Port Costa work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (17%, 23 mi), Martinez (7%, 5 mi), Concord (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Port Costa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Port Costa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Port Costa
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.