Work & commute · Phoenix Lake

Work & commute in Phoenix Lake, CA

Most working residents leave Phoenix Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sonora (12%), East Sonora (4%) and Modesto (4%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 2,090 working residents

Typical commute

49 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,046 Phoenix Lake residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Phoenix Lake.

2,046live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Phoenix Lake goes to work

Sonora4.5 mi away

12%254

East Sonora3 mi away

4%82

Modesto45.8 mi away

4%75

San Jose96 mi away

3%54

Sacramento73.7 mi away

2%47

Mono Vista2.1 mi away

2%44

Phoenix Lake (in town)right here

2%44

Tuolumne City5.1 mi away

2%43

Stockton54.5 mi away

2%39

San Francisco149.8 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%1,370

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

How far

How far Phoenix Lake commutes

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

35%

50%

35%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Phoenix Lake is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Phoenix Lake are

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

Jobs based in Phoenix Lake

220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Phoenix Lake residents hold

2,090 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+28%

Jobs based in Phoenix Lake, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 220. 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.