Work & commute · Rail Road Flat

Work & commute in Rail Road Flat, CA

Most working residents leave Rail Road Flat for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Stockton (4%), San Andreas (4%) and Sacramento (3%). Half commute less than 54 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 194 working residents

Typical commute

54 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 193 Rail Road Flat residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rail Road Flat.

193live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rail Road Flat goes to work

Stockton48.1 mi away

4%8

San Andreas11.9 mi away

4%7

Sacramento52.2 mi away

3%6

Jackson12.1 mi away

3%5

Lodi42.8 mi away

3%5

Angels18.3 mi away

2%4

Vallejo94.3 mi away

2%4

San Francisco141.5 mi away

2%4

Reno, NV91.9 mi away

2%4

West Point4.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

74%143

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

How far

How far Rail Road Flat commutes

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

17%

19%

58%

6%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

58%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rail Road Flat is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rail Road Flat are

26 jobs are based in Rail Road Flat. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rail Road Flat’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rail Road Flat

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Rail Road Flat residents hold

194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−13%

Jobs based in Rail Road Flat, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 26. 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.