Santa Clara has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Santa Clara has 69 jobs; 372 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Santa Clara itself; outside it, San Antonio draws the most (33%, 24 miles). Commuters spend 34 minutes getting to work on average, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Santa Clara
Santa Clara and San Antonio trade workers both ways
San Antonio is the top workplace for Santa Clara residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Santa Clara come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Santa Clara is a place people come home to
There are 69 jobs based in Santa Clara, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Santa Clara has about 440 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Santa Clara workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 372 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Santa Clara ends
Where Santa Clara clocks in
33% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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 Santa Clara, and who commutes in
On a workday 371 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Santa Clara on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 34 minutes to work from Santa Clara
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Santa Clara workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 227 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
80% of the jobs in Santa Clara pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Santa Clara, 2014 → 2024: 78 → 69. 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 Santa Clara’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Santa Clara works
About 25% 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.
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 Santa Clara: questions
What is the median household income in Santa Clara?
$81,607 (±$7,682) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Santa Clara?
10.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Santa Clara?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Santa Clara work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (33%, 24 mi), Austin (9%, 54 mi), Schertz (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Santa Clara without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Santa Clara, from the people who make the trip.
More of Santa Clara
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.