Work & commute · Forest Meadows

Work & commute in Forest Meadows, CA

Most working residents leave Forest Meadows for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Arnold (9%), Murphys (6%) and Fresno (3%). Half commute less than 66 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 464 working residents

Typical commute

66 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 460 Forest Meadows residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forest Meadows.

460live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forest Meadows goes to work

Arnold5.9 mi away

9%41

Murphys3.5 mi away

6%26

Fresno101.5 mi away

3%14

San Jose98.3 mi away

3%13

San Andreas15 mi away

3%12

San Francisco146.8 mi away

2%10

Sonora13.2 mi away

2%9

Fremont96.3 mi away

2%9

Sacramento64.1 mi away

2%9

Angels10.9 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%313

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

How far

How far Forest Meadows commutes

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

19%

14%

61%

19%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

61%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forest Meadows is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forest Meadows are

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

Jobs based in Forest Meadows

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Forest Meadows residents hold

464 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+68%

Jobs based in Forest Meadows, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 89. 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.