Work & commute · Gold River

Work & commute in Gold River, CA

Most working residents leave Gold River for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (24%), Rancho Cordova (9%) and Folsom (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

139 of 3,271 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,132 Gold River residents head out of town to work, 139 work right here, and 5,265 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gold River.

3,132live here, work elsewhere

139live and work here

5,265work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gold River goes to work

Sacramento12.5 mi away

24%780

Rancho Cordova3.5 mi away

9%291

Folsom6.4 mi away

6%199

Roseville10.6 mi away

5%172

Gold River (in town)right here

4%139

Arden-Arcade7.6 mi away

3%96

San Francisco115.1 mi away

3%93

Carmichael4.1 mi away

3%89

El Dorado Hills11.4 mi away

2%56

West Sacramento17 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,306

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

How far

How far Gold River commutes

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

38%

33%

24%

38%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gold River is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gold River are

5,404 jobs are based in Gold River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gold River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gold River

5,404 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Gold River residents hold

3,271 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−14%

Jobs based in Gold River, 2013 → 2023: 6,300 → 5,404. 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.