Work & commute · Kings Beach

Work & commute in Kings Beach, CA

Most working residents leave Kings Beach for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Truckee (6%), Sunnyside-Tahoe City (6%) and Tahoe Vista (5%). Half commute less than 61 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

101 of 1,012 working residents

Typical commute

61 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 911 Kings Beach residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 464 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kings Beach.

911live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

464work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kings Beach goes to work

Kings Beach (in town)right here

10%101

Truckee11.7 mi away

6%59

Sunnyside-Tahoe City10.6 mi away

6%57

Tahoe Vista2.1 mi away

5%48

Incline Village, NV4.2 mi away

5%47

San Francisco193.8 mi away

4%37

San Jose166.3 mi away

2%23

Dollar Point6.2 mi away

2%23

Sacramento90.9 mi away

2%22

Roseville77.2 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%578

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

How far

How far Kings Beach commutes

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

36%

12%

52%

36%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kings Beach is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kings Beach are

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

Jobs based in Kings Beach

565 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Kings Beach residents hold

1,012 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+19%

Jobs based in Kings Beach, 2013 → 2023: 473 → 565. 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.