Work & commute · Alta

Work & commute in Alta, CA

Most working residents leave Alta for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (12%), Grass Valley (5%) and Auburn (5%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 215 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 213 Alta residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alta.

213live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alta goes to work

Sacramento57.5 mi away

12%25

Grass Valley13.6 mi away

5%10

Auburn26.7 mi away

5%10

North Auburn24.8 mi away

4%9

Roseville41.6 mi away

3%7

Truckee33.6 mi away

3%7

Colfax11.8 mi away

2%5

Rocklin37.2 mi away

2%5

San Francisco158.7 mi away

2%5

Yuba City45.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%128

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alta commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

21%

29%

45%

4%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alta is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.12 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alta are

25 jobs are based in Alta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alta

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Alta residents hold

215 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+0%

Jobs based in Alta, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 25. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.