Work & commute · Greenville

Work & commute in Greenville, CA

Most working residents leave Greenville for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are East Quincy (9%), Quincy (9%) and Chester (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

29 of 269 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

49 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 240 Greenville residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenville.

240live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenville goes to work

Greenville (in town)right here

11%29

East Quincy15.1 mi away

9%25

Quincy14 mi away

9%23

Chester19.1 mi away

4%11

Sacramento111.7 mi away

3%8

Taylorsville7.7 mi away

3%8

Susanville26.6 mi away

2%6

Chico53 mi away

2%6

San Francisco200.5 mi away

2%6

Reno, NV70.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%141

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

How far

How far Greenville commutes

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

19%

28%

47%

19%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenville are

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

Jobs based in Greenville

215 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Greenville residents hold

269 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−25%

Jobs based in Greenville, 2013 → 2023: 285 → 215. 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.