Work & commute · La Riviera

Work & commute in La Riviera, CA

Most working residents leave La Riviera for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (34%), Rancho Cordova (7%) and Arden-Arcade (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

167 of 5,035 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,868 La Riviera residents head out of town to work, 167 work right here, and 6,374 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Riviera.

4,868live here, work elsewhere

167live and work here

6,374work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Riviera goes to work

Sacramento6.1 mi away

34%1,724

Rancho Cordova6.4 mi away

7%377

Arden-Arcade2.7 mi away

5%252

Roseville14.1 mi away

4%207

Folsom13.3 mi away

4%178

La Riviera (in town)right here

3%167

West Sacramento10.5 mi away

3%139

Carmichael4.6 mi away

2%91

San Francisco108.1 mi away

2%88

Elk Grove10.8 mi away

1%75

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,737

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

How far

How far La Riviera commutes

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

62%

17%

62%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Riviera is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Riviera are

6,541 jobs are based in La Riviera. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Riviera’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Riviera

6,541 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs La Riviera residents hold

5,035 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−7%

Jobs based in La Riviera, 2013 → 2023: 7,041 → 6,541. 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.