Work & commute · Foresthill

Work & commute in Foresthill, CA

Most working residents leave Foresthill for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are North Auburn (11%), Sacramento (8%) and Roseville (7%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 691 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 638 Foresthill residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 292 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Foresthill.

638live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

292work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Foresthill goes to work

North Auburn14.4 mi away

11%78

Sacramento45.7 mi away

8%57

Foresthill (in town)right here

8%53

Roseville30.9 mi away

7%47

Auburn15.2 mi away

5%38

Rocklin26.3 mi away

4%25

San Francisco148.4 mi away

3%18

Rancho Cordova36.7 mi away

2%16

Folsom28.8 mi away

2%14

Loomis23.8 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%333

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

How far

How far Foresthill commutes

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

11%

25%

37%

26%

11%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Foresthill is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Foresthill are

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

Jobs based in Foresthill

345 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Foresthill residents hold

691 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+51%

Jobs based in Foresthill, 2013 → 2023: 228 → 345. 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.