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A-14 | City of Pleasanton Housing Needs Assessment <br /> <br />Figure A-8: Pleasanton’s Jobs-Worker Ratios, by Wage Group <br /> <br />Notes: <br />Universe: Jobs in a jurisdiction from unemployment insurance-covered employment (private, state and local government) plus <br />United States Office of Personnel Management-sourced Federal employment <br />The ratio compares job counts by wage group from two tabulations of LEHD data: Counts by place of work relative to counts by <br />place of residence. See text for details. <br />Source: ABAG 2021 Pre-certified Housing Needs Data (U.S. Census Bureau, Longitudinal Employer-Household <br />Dynamics, Workplace Area Characteristics (WAC) files (Jobs); Residence Area Characteristics (RAC) files <br />(Employed Residents), 2010-2018) <br /> <br />The balance between jobs and workers may directly influence the housing demand in a <br />community. New jobs may draw new residents, and when there is high demand for housing <br />relative to supply, many workers may be unable to afford to live where they work, particularly <br />where job growth has been in relatively lower wage jobs. This dynamic not only means many <br />workers will need to prepare for long commutes and time spent on the road, but in the aggregate, <br />it contributes to traffic congestion and time lost for all road users. Local employers may also be <br />challenged to attract and retain a stable workforce when there is a shortage of available housing, <br />or housing is too expensive relative to local wages. <br />Approximately 15 percent of employed Pleasanton residents work in Pleasanton (Table A-2). <br />Employed Pleasanton residents that commute to a job outside of the city (i.e., export workers) are <br />primarily commuting to San Francisco (8.7 percent), San Jose (7.8 percent), Fremont (4.9 <br />percent), or Livermore (4.9 percent). Other employment destinations include San Ramon, <br />Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and Oakland. Alternatively, those who are commuting into Pleasanton <br />for work (i.e., import workers) are commuting from Livermore (5.9 percent), San Jose (5.6 percent), <br />1.00 <br />1.50 <br />2.00 <br />2.50 <br />3.00 <br />3.50 <br />2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 <br />Ra <br />t <br />i <br />o <br />Wages Less Than $1,250/Mo Wages $1,250-$3,333/Mo <br />Wages More than $3,333/Mo