Work & commute · Downieville

Work & commute in Downieville, CA

Most working residents leave Downieville for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Truckee (8%), Reno (7%) and Loyalton (5%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

15 of 86 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 71 Downieville residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Downieville.

71live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

185work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Downieville goes to work

Downieville (in town)right here

17%15

Truckee36.8 mi away

8%7

Reno, NV51.5 mi away

7%6

Loyalton31.2 mi away

5%4

Portola24.7 mi away

3%3

Sacramento78.1 mi away

3%3

Sparks, NV58.6 mi away

3%3

Santa Cruz191.7 mi away

2%2

Chico54.7 mi away

2%2

San Jose166.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%39

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

How far

How far Downieville commutes

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

17%

26%

48%

17%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Downieville is a job hub

2.33jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Downieville are

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

Jobs based in Downieville

200 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Downieville residents hold

86 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+108%

Jobs based in Downieville, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 200. 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.