Work & commute · Dollar Point

Work & commute in Dollar Point, CA

Most working residents leave Dollar Point for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Sunnyside-Tahoe City (16%), Truckee (10%) and Sacramento (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 524 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 484 Dollar Point residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dollar Point.

484live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dollar Point goes to work

Sunnyside-Tahoe City4.4 mi away

16%85

Truckee12 mi away

10%52

Dollar Point (in town)right here

8%40

Sacramento84.8 mi away

4%20

San Francisco187.6 mi away

3%15

San Jose160.2 mi away

2%10

Kings Beach6.2 mi away

2%9

South Lake Tahoe19.3 mi away

2%8

Roseville71.2 mi away

2%8

Carnelian Bay3.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%271

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

How far

How far Dollar Point commutes

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

44%

13%

41%

44%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dollar Point is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dollar Point are

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

Jobs based in Dollar Point

430 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Dollar Point residents hold

524 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−22%

Jobs based in Dollar Point, 2013 → 2023: 549 → 430. 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.