Work & commute · Carnelian Bay

Work & commute in Carnelian Bay, CA

Most working residents leave Carnelian Bay for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (7%), Sunnyside-Tahoe City (5%) and Truckee (5%). Half commute less than 62 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 191 working residents

Typical commute

62 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

58%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 185 Carnelian Bay residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carnelian Bay.

185live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carnelian Bay goes to work

Sacramento87.8 mi away

7%14

Sunnyside-Tahoe City7.8 mi away

5%10

Truckee10.1 mi away

5%9

Cedar Flat2.1 mi away

4%7

Carnelian Bay (in town)right here

3%6

Dollar Point3.6 mi away

3%6

Roseville74 mi away

2%4

San Francisco190.7 mi away

2%4

Carmichael79 mi away

2%4

South Lake Tahoe21.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%124

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

How far

How far Carnelian Bay commutes

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

42%

52%

42%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carnelian Bay is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carnelian Bay are

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

Jobs based in Carnelian Bay

184 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Carnelian Bay residents hold

191 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+2%

Jobs based in Carnelian Bay, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 184. 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.