Work & commute · Bear Valley

Work & commute in Bear Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Bear Valley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are South Lake Tahoe (8%), Carson (5%) and Sacramento (4%). Half commute less than 73 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 96 working residents

Typical commute

73 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 94 Bear Valley residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bear Valley.

94live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bear Valley goes to work

South Lake Tahoe31.7 mi away

8%8

Carson, NV49.8 mi away

5%5

Sacramento76.8 mi away

4%4

Minden, NV37.3 mi away

4%4

Lodi71.4 mi away

2%2

Manteca79.2 mi away

2%2

Livermore107.6 mi away

2%2

San Francisco170 mi away

2%2

Kirkwood15 mi away

2%2

Bear Valley (in town)right here

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%63

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

How far

How far Bear Valley commutes

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

27%

64%

2%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

64%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bear Valley is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bear Valley are

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

Jobs based in Bear Valley

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Bear Valley residents hold

96 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−30%

Jobs based in Bear Valley, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 32. 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.