Work & commute · Dobbins

Work & commute in Dobbins, CA

Most working residents leave Dobbins for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (8%), Yuba City (6%) and Oroville (4%). Half commute less than 50 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

50 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

54 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 152 Dobbins residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dobbins.

152live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dobbins goes to work

Sacramento56.2 mi away

8%12

Yuba City27.9 mi away

6%9

Oroville21 mi away

4%6

Folsom47.8 mi away

4%6

Roseville40.9 mi away

3%5

Chico42.7 mi away

3%4

San Francisco149.5 mi away

3%4

Woodland55.5 mi away

2%3

Lincoln33.6 mi away

2%3

Santa Rosa102.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%98

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

How far

How far Dobbins commutes

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

10%

13%

27%

50%

10%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dobbins is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dobbins are

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

Jobs based in Dobbins

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Dobbins residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

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Jobs based in Dobbins, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 35. 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.