Work & commute · Loyalton

Work & commute in Loyalton, CA

Most working residents leave Loyalton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Downieville (14%), Truckee (8%) and Reno (7%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 238 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 219 Loyalton residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loyalton.

219live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loyalton goes to work

Downieville31.2 mi away

14%33

Truckee22.7 mi away

8%20

Loyalton (in town)right here

8%19

Reno, NV22.8 mi away

7%16

Sacramento100.9 mi away

4%9

Portola15.7 mi away

3%8

Los Angeles403.8 mi away

2%5

San Jose185.1 mi away

2%4

San Francisco201.8 mi away

2%4

Oakland169.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%116

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

How far

How far Loyalton commutes

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

11%

21%

30%

38%

11%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loyalton is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Loyalton are

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

Jobs based in Loyalton

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Loyalton residents hold

238 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−3%

Jobs based in Loyalton, 2013 → 2023: 151 → 147. 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.