Work & commute · Murphys

Work & commute in Murphys, CA

Most working residents leave Murphys for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Angels (7%), Arnold (5%) and San Andreas (4%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

95 of 807 working residents

Typical commute

47 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 712 Murphys residents head out of town to work, 95 work right here, and 536 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murphys.

712live here, work elsewhere

95live and work here

536work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murphys goes to work

Murphys (in town)right here

12%95

Angels7.4 mi away

7%53

Arnold9.3 mi away

5%38

San Andreas13.1 mi away

4%32

Sacramento63 mi away

3%23

Sonora11.2 mi away

2%17

Stockton48.3 mi away

2%17

San Francisco143.8 mi away

2%16

San Jose94.8 mi away

2%15

Modesto46 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%487

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

How far

How far Murphys commutes

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

30%

14%

46%

30%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murphys is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Murphys are

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

Jobs based in Murphys

631 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Murphys residents hold

807 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+25%

Jobs based in Murphys, 2013 → 2023: 504 → 631. 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.