San Jose

City Commute Profile

San Jose, CA

Where San Jose’s 507,621 resident workers go each day — 37.4% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Santa Clara.

CaliforniaLODES 2023 data
51
Commute Score

51 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

San Jose at a glance
Employed Residents
507,621
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
16.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
37.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
20.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Santa Clara
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for San Jose proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How San Jose commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

San Jose

507,621 commutes, one dot at a time

San Jose

Where 507,621 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in San Jose, by worker count.

1San Jose0.0 mi189,907
2Santa Clara6.1 mi37,242
3Sunnyvale9.4 mi25,713
4San Francisco43.9 mi22,035
5Fremont17.1 mi20,075
6Mountain View12.8 mi16,546
7Cupertino9.0 mi15,919
8Palo Alto16.8 mi15,625

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into San Jose.

1San Jose0.0 mi189,907
2Santa Clara6.1 mi13,943
3Fremont17.1 mi13,721
4Sunnyvale9.4 mi12,112
5Milpitas8.8 mi10,849
6San Francisco43.9 mi8,612
7Gilroy25.9 mi6,936
8Morgan Hill17.6 mi6,477

Top industries

The sectors that employ San Jose’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.1%
MFManufacturing11.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services9.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.8%
RTRetail Trade8.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.8%
EDEducational Services6.2%
COConstruction6.2%
PAPublic Administration4.4%

San Jose city profile

Who lives in San Jose — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
990,138
Median age
38.2yrs
Median household income
$146,427
Median home value
$1,233,200
Median gross rent
$2,669/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
47.3%
Poverty rate
8.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for San Jose

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

11 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps80%
8 Gbps13%
See all internet providers in San Jose

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).