California · Market data
Contra Costa County, CA supports 18 taxi and limousine businesses across 1,172,607 residents. Below: how those operators break down by size, how the market compares with its state and the country, and what the sector pays — all from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns.
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023.
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| Measure | Contra Costa County |
|---|---|
| County | Contra Costa County, CA |
| State | California |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 1,172,607 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 18 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate. | 109 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $2.9m |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 6 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 24 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $746,000 |
| Limousine establishments | 12 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate. | 85 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $2.2m |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 11 |
| Operators with 5-9 employees | 5 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived18 establishments ÷ 1,172,607 residents × 100,000. | 1.54 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived11 of 18 establishments. | 61.1% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$2.9m payroll ÷ 109 employees. | $27,028 |
| Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived6 taxi ÷ 18 taxi and limousine establishments. | 33.3% |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 74 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Contra Costa County, CA has 18 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 109 people — 6 in taxi and ridesharing services and 12 in limousine service.
With only a handful of operators, most local demand is met by a few known names, and word of mouth does most of the selling.
61.1 per cent of operators in Contra Costa County, CA employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.
The market mixes very small operators with a tier of larger ones, so the same county contains businesses with genuinely different problems — coverage at the small end, coordination at the large.
The full distribution: 11 with 1-4 employees and 5 with 5-9 employees.
Contra Costa County, CA has 1.54 taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
Operators per head are close to the national midpoint for a published county market.
Within California the median is 1.93 per 100,000, so this county is thinner than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $27,028 per employee across the sector in Contra Costa County, CA.
A figure that low usually reflects heavy part-time and split-shift working rather than low hourly rates, which makes accurate shift and per-driver accounting the difference between knowing your margin and guessing it.
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Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.
| County | Operators | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Arapahoe County, CO | 18 | 2.70 |
| Denver County, CO | 18 | 2.47 |
| St. Louis County, MO | 18 | 1.81 |
| Onondaga County, NY | 18 | 3.83 |
| Davidson County, TN | 18 | 2.47 |
| Milwaukee County, WI | 18 | 1.95 |
| Macomb County, MI | 19 | 2.14 |
| Pinellas County, FL | 17 | 1.76 |
| Montgomery County, MD | 17 | 1.57 |
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