Work & commute · Portola

Work & commute in Portola, CA

Most working residents leave Portola for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Reno (7%), Delleker (5%) and East Quincy (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

142 of 768 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 626 Portola residents head out of town to work, 142 work right here, and 466 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Portola.

626live here, work elsewhere

142live and work here

466work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Portola goes to work

Portola (in town)right here

18%142

Reno, NV38.1 mi away

7%51

Delleker1 mi away

5%37

East Quincy24.5 mi away

4%31

Sacramento101.6 mi away

4%30

Truckee35.8 mi away

4%29

Quincy26.6 mi away

3%23

San Francisco199.8 mi away

3%22

Chester52.1 mi away

2%18

Sparks, NV43.8 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%371

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

How far

How far Portola commutes

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

34%

22%

37%

34%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Portola is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Portola are

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

Jobs based in Portola

608 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Portola residents hold

768 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+15%

Jobs based in Portola, 2013 → 2023: 531 → 608. 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.