Work & commute · Quincy

Work & commute in Quincy, CA

About one in 4 of Quincy’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are East Quincy (27%), Chester (4%) and Sacramento (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

159 of 648 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 489 Quincy residents head out of town to work, 159 work right here, and 818 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Quincy.

489live here, work elsewhere

159live and work here

818work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Quincy goes to work

East Quincy2.2 mi away

27%178

Quincy (in town)right here

25%159

Chester29.5 mi away

4%29

Sacramento98.1 mi away

3%22

San Francisco188.9 mi away

2%12

Reno, NV64.4 mi away

1%9

Greenville14 mi away

1%9

Chico47.3 mi away

1%8

Los Angeles431.9 mi away

1%7

Portola26.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%209

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

How far

How far Quincy commutes

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

57%

31%

57%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Quincy is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Quincy are

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

Jobs based in Quincy

977 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Quincy residents hold

648 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−17%

Jobs based in Quincy, 2013 → 2023: 1,179 → 977. 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.