Work & commute · Meadow Valley

Work & commute in Meadow Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Meadow Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are East Quincy (15%), Quincy (12%) and San Francisco (6%). Half commute less than 69 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

69 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

50%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 136 Meadow Valley residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meadow Valley.

136live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meadow Valley goes to work

East Quincy8.8 mi away

15%20

Quincy6.8 mi away

12%17

San Francisco185 mi away

6%8

Reno, NV70.7 mi away

5%7

Chester26.7 mi away

4%6

Sacramento96.5 mi away

4%5

Cromberg21.3 mi away

3%4

Lincoln73.9 mi away

2%3

Portola33.2 mi away

1%2

Santa Clara183.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%63

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

How far

How far Meadow Valley commutes

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

32%

11%

52%

32%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meadow Valley is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meadow Valley are

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

Jobs based in Meadow Valley

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month67%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Meadow Valley residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+200%

Jobs based in Meadow Valley, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 6. 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.