Work & commute · Douglas Flat

Work & commute in Douglas Flat, CA

Most working residents leave Douglas Flat for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Murphys (13%), Angels (8%) and San Andreas (4%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 130 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 129 Douglas Flat residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Douglas Flat.

129live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Douglas Flat goes to work

Murphys1.6 mi away

13%17

Angels6.2 mi away

8%11

San Andreas13.1 mi away

4%5

Berkeley102 mi away

2%3

Santa Clara97.7 mi away

2%3

San Jose93.5 mi away

2%3

San Francisco143.1 mi away

2%3

Sonora9.9 mi away

2%2

Davis76 mi away

2%2

Lodi45.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%79

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

How far

How far Douglas Flat commutes

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

33%

15%

44%

33%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Douglas Flat is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Douglas Flat are

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

Jobs based in Douglas Flat

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Douglas Flat residents hold

130 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+267%

Jobs based in Douglas Flat, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 33. 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.