Work & commute · Drytown

Work & commute in Drytown, CA

Most working residents leave Drytown for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Plymouth (6%), Jackson (6%) and Sacramento (5%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 85 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

74%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 84 Drytown residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Drytown.

84live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Drytown goes to work

Plymouth2 mi away

6%5

Jackson8 mi away

6%5

Sacramento34 mi away

5%4

Stockton40.3 mi away

5%4

Oakland87.5 mi away

4%3

Citrus Heights29 mi away

2%2

Merced80.9 mi away

2%2

Fairfield64.7 mi away

2%2

Los Angeles334.6 mi away

2%2

Fresno128.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%54

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

How far

How far Drytown commutes

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

20%

13%

24%

44%

20%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Drytown 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 Drytown are

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

Jobs based in Drytown

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Drytown residents hold

85 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+40%

Jobs based in Drytown, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 21. 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.