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Work & commute in Paloma · A commuter town

100% of Paloma’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Paloma for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (11%), Ripon (11%) and Placerville (11%). Half commute less than 51 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 9 working residents
Typical commute
51 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
0%
Less than CA (17%)
Jobs based here
1
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Paloma?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

11% of working residents work in Jackson

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Jackson: 1 residents work here (11%)Ripon: 1 residents work here (11%)Placerville: 1 residents work here (11%)Rio Vista: 1 residents work here (11%)Wheatland: 1 residents work here (11%)Pleasanton: 1 residents work here (11%)Sunnyvale: 1 residents work here (11%)San Jose: 1 residents work here (11%)PalomaRancho Calaveras: 1 residents work here (11%)JacksonRiponPlacervilleRio VistaWheatlandPleasantonPaloma
1
Jackson6.1 mi away
11%1
2
Ripon41 mi away
11%1
3
Placerville32.6 mi away
11%1
4
Rio Vista51.3 mi away
11%1
5
Wheatland63 mi away
11%1
6
Pleasanton73.4 mi away
11%1
7
Sunnyvale91.6 mi away
11%1
8
San Jose87.9 mi away
11%1
9
Rancho Calaveras10.3 mi away
11%1
The top trips

Where Paloma clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

9live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night450
Workday440
450live here− 9head out to work+ 1come in to work= 440on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Paloma commutes less than 51 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miJackson: 11% · 6.1 miRipon: 11% · 41 miPlacerville: 11% · 32.6 miRio Vista: 11% · 51.3 miWheatland: 11% · 63 miPleasanton: 11% · 73.4 miSunnyvale: 11% · 91.6 miSan Jose: 11% · 87.9 miRancho Calaveras: 11% · 10.3 miJackson 11%Ripon 11%Placerville 11%Rio Vista 11%Wheatland 11%Paloma
PalomaTop destinations (size = commuters)
11%Under 10 mi1 residents
11%10–24 mi1 residents
22%25–50 mi2 residents
56%Over 50 mi5 residents

About 56% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in PalomaJobs Paloma residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%22%
Trade, transport & utilities0%11%
Services: health, schools, offices100%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less100%56%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%22%
Over $3,333 a month0%22%

Who does it

29 or younger0%56%
30 to 54100%11%
55 and older0%33%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in Paloma

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
0%

of Paloma workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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