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Work & commute · Penn Valley

Work & commute in Penn Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Penn Valley for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Grass Valley (22%), Nevada City (6%) and San Francisco (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
18 of 462 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
51 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 444 Penn Valley residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 310 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penn Valley.

444live here, work elsewhere
18live and work here
310work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Penn Valley goes to work

Nevada CityGrass ValleyAuburnYuba CityRosevilleChicoSan FranciscoSacramentoSparksRenoPenn ValleyLake of the PinesLake WildwoodRough and ReadyAlta SierraGrass ValleyNevada CitySan FranciscoRosevilleSacramentoRenoChicoAuburnYuba CityPenn Valley
1
Grass Valley7.8 mi away
22%102
2
Nevada City9.7 mi away
6%26
3
San Francisco142 mi away
6%26
4
Penn Valley (in town)right here
4%18
5
Roseville30.1 mi away
3%16
6
Sacramento45.8 mi away
2%11
7
Reno, NV75.8 mi away
2%9
8
Chico51.2 mi away
2%7
9
Auburn21.7 mi away
1%6
10
Yuba City24.4 mi away
1%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%235

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

How far

How far Penn Valley commutes

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

42%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
32%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Penn Valley is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Penn Valley are

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

Jobs based in Penn Valley

328 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities33%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Penn Valley residents hold

462 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+38%

Jobs based in Penn Valley, 2013 → 2023: 238 → 328. 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.

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