Work & commute · Carmichael

Work & commute in Carmichael, CA

Most working residents leave Carmichael for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (25%), Roseville (6%) and Rancho Cordova (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,134 of 30,804 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28,670 Carmichael residents head out of town to work, 2,134 work right here, and 16,767 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carmichael.

28,670live here, work elsewhere

2,134live and work here

16,767work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carmichael goes to work

Sacramento8.8 mi away

25%7,586

Carmichael (in town)right here

7%2,134

Roseville9.6 mi away

6%1,935

Rancho Cordova6.1 mi away

5%1,640

Arden-Arcade3.8 mi away

5%1,623

Folsom10.2 mi away

3%937

Citrus Heights4.9 mi away

2%680

San Francisco111.8 mi away

2%661

North Highlands3.8 mi away

2%660

West Sacramento13.2 mi away

2%576

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%12,372

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

How far

How far Carmichael commutes

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

54%

20%

22%

54%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carmichael is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carmichael are

18,901 jobs are based in Carmichael. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carmichael’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carmichael

18,901 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Carmichael residents hold

30,804 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

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Jobs based in Carmichael, 2013 → 2023: 18,909 → 18,901. 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.