Work & commute · Meadow Vista

Work & commute in Meadow Vista, CA

Most working residents leave Meadow Vista for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (9%), North Auburn (8%) and Auburn (7%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 1,339 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,277 Meadow Vista residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meadow Vista.

1,277live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meadow Vista goes to work

Sacramento37.8 mi away

9%123

North Auburn5.4 mi away

8%106

Auburn7.7 mi away

7%89

Roseville21.9 mi away

6%86

Meadow Vista (in town)right here

5%62

Rocklin17.5 mi away

4%47

Folsom23.8 mi away

3%39

San Francisco139.2 mi away

2%33

San Jose125.2 mi away

2%28

Rancho Cordova31.2 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%701

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

How far

How far Meadow Vista commutes

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

26%

21%

24%

29%

26%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meadow Vista is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meadow Vista are

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

Jobs based in Meadow Vista

418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Meadow Vista residents hold

1,339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+7%

Jobs based in Meadow Vista, 2013 → 2023: 391 → 418. 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.