Work & commute · East Sonora

Work & commute in East Sonora, CA

Most working residents leave East Sonora for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sonora (11%), Sacramento (3%) and San Jose (3%). Half commute less than 72 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 1,327 working residents

Typical commute

72 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,256 East Sonora residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 1,727 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Sonora.

1,256live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

1,727work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Sonora goes to work

Sonora2.5 mi away

11%152

East Sonora (in town)right here

5%71

Sacramento73.8 mi away

3%46

San Jose93.4 mi away

3%42

Fresno87.5 mi away

2%33

San Francisco148 mi away

2%30

Tuolumne City5.3 mi away

2%28

Modesto43.1 mi away

2%26

Stockton52.9 mi away

2%23

Oakland103.9 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%859

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

How far

How far East Sonora commutes

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

31%

58%

31%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

58%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Sonora is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in East Sonora are

1,798 jobs are based in East Sonora. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Sonora’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Sonora

1,798 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs East Sonora residents hold

1,327 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+4%

Jobs based in East Sonora, 2013 → 2023: 1,725 → 1,798. 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.