Sacramento Northern Railway Historic District · Photo: LPS.1 · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Suisun City (8.4%) is higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
7% of workers work from home (California 17%). For jobs and income Suisun City is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (B+). Measured by household income, Suisun City is ahead of 73% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Suisun City: the figures worth knowing
Suisun City and Fairfield trade workers both ways
Fairfield is the top workplace for Suisun City residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Suisun City come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Suisun City is a place people come home to
There are 2,644 jobs based in Suisun City, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Suisun City has about 20,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Suisun City
70% of Suisun City residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 51% of the jobs based in Suisun City pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Suisun City
Household income holds Suisun City’s grade up ($94,787, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Suisun City could be anywhere from C+ to B.
19% of working residents work in Fairfield
Where Suisun City clocks in
19% 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.
Suisun City by day and by night
On a workday 11,975 residents head out to work, 432 work right here, and 2,212 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20,000 people are in Suisun City on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.21 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 2024, primary jobs.
What work there is in Suisun City: 2,644 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Suisun City, 2014 → 2024: 2,268 → 2,644. 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 Suisun City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes to work from Suisun City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Suisun City workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,672 commuters (the 7% 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.
The commute from Suisun City, by distance
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Few in Suisun City walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,592 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 56% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 5.0% of Suisun City households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Suisun City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Suisun City is 899th among 1,366 U.S. towns of 21,000 to 40,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 88 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Lafayette CA | 25,313 | $228K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 897 | Republic MO | 22,404 | $66K | 17.7% | 1.9% | 11% | B− |
| 898 | Kalispell MT | 31,851 | $63K | 10.0% | 2.6% | 45% | B− |
| 899 | Suisun City CA | 29,454 | $95K | 8.4% | 8.4% | 3% | B− |
| 900 | Venice FL | 30,477 | $77K | 9.2% | 4.8% | 16% | B− |
| 901 | Easley SC | 27,319 | $66K | 13.9% | 3.2% | 11% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,366 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 16% | 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 Suisun City, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door is work for 19% of Suisun City
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Suisun City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suisun City | – | B− | B+ | 32 min | $94,787 |
| Fairfield | 19% | B | A− | 31 min | $101,895 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fairfield. Darker towns draw more of Suisun City’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 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 Suisun City: questions
What is the median household income in Suisun City?
$94,787 (±$7,848) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Suisun City?
8.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Suisun City?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Suisun City work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairfield (19%, 2 mi), Vacaville (7%, 8 mi), San Francisco (5%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Suisun City walkable?
Suisun City is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 12.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Suisun City without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 56% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Suisun City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Suisun City
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. 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.