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Work & commute · Penryn

Work & commute in Penryn, CA

Most working residents leave Penryn for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Roseville (13%), Sacramento (12%) and Rocklin (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
11 of 540 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
27%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 529 Penryn residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 370 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penryn.

529live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
370work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Penryn goes to work

MarysvilleLoomisCitrus HeightsLincolnRocklinWest SacramentoRosevilleRancho CordovaElk GroveSan FranciscoSacramentoPenrynNorth AuburnOlivehurstRosevilleSacramentoRocklinLoomisRancho CordovaNorth AuburnLincolnSan FranciscoWest SacramentoPenryn
1
Roseville9.7 mi away
13%72
2
Sacramento25.2 mi away
12%67
3
Rocklin5.2 mi away
7%38
4
Loomis3 mi away
5%28
5
Rancho Cordova19.1 mi away
4%24
6
North Auburn7.4 mi away
3%18
7
Lincoln6.9 mi away
2%11
8
San Francisco127.3 mi away
2%11
9
Penryn (in town)right here
2%11
10
West Sacramento28.8 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%250

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

How far

How far Penryn commutes

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

38%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Penryn 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 Penryn are

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

Jobs based in Penryn

381 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)44%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)38%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Penryn residents hold

540 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month73%
+73%

Jobs based in Penryn, 2013 → 2023: 220 → 381. 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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