Work & commute · Lake Wildwood

Work & commute in Lake Wildwood, CA

Most working residents leave Lake Wildwood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Grass Valley (16%), Nevada City (6%) and San Francisco (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 1,400 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,354 Lake Wildwood residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Wildwood.

1,354live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Wildwood goes to work

Grass Valley7.8 mi away

16%229

Nevada City9 mi away

6%86

San Francisco143.8 mi away

4%50

Sacramento48.2 mi away

3%48

Lake Wildwood (in town)right here

3%46

Roseville32.6 mi away

3%45

Penn Valley2.6 mi away

2%32

North Auburn21.8 mi away

2%29

Yuba City24.8 mi away

2%26

Chico49.1 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%785

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

How far

How far Lake Wildwood commutes

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

37%

13%

19%

31%

37%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Wildwood is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Wildwood are

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

Jobs based in Lake Wildwood

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Lake Wildwood residents hold

1,400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−21%

Jobs based in Lake Wildwood, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 213. 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.