Work & commute · Arnold

Work & commute in Arnold, CA

Most working residents leave Arnold for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (3%), San Jose (3%) and San Francisco (3%). Half commute less than 78 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

117 of 1,724 working residents

Typical commute

78 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,607 Arnold residents head out of town to work, 117 work right here, and 413 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arnold.

1,607live here, work elsewhere

117live and work here

413work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arnold goes to work

Arnold (in town)right here

7%117

Sacramento64.5 mi away

3%58

San Jose103.6 mi away

3%51

San Francisco150.5 mi away

3%45

Reno, NV93.8 mi away

3%45

Angels16.5 mi away

2%43

Fresno105.8 mi away

2%37

Murphys9.3 mi away

2%35

Stockton55.4 mi away

2%31

Modesto55.3 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

72%1,234

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

How far

How far Arnold commutes

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

13%

75%

13%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

75%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arnold is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arnold are

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

Jobs based in Arnold

530 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Arnold residents hold

1,724 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−29%

Jobs based in Arnold, 2013 → 2023: 750 → 530. 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.