Work & commute · Rough and Ready

Work & commute in Rough and Ready, CA

Most working residents leave Rough and Ready for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Grass Valley (21%), Nevada City (7%) and Penn Valley (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 304 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 303 Rough and Ready residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rough and Ready.

303live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rough and Ready goes to work

Grass Valley4.7 mi away

21%63

Nevada City5.9 mi away

7%22

Penn Valley4 mi away

5%16

Sacramento49.3 mi away

5%14

Roseville33.5 mi away

4%12

San Francisco146.1 mi away

4%11

Rancho Cordova45.7 mi away

2%7

North Auburn21.2 mi away

2%6

Oakland117 mi away

2%5

Auburn23.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%144

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

How far

How far Rough and Ready commutes

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

45%

21%

28%

45%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rough and Ready 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 Rough and Ready are

34 jobs are based in Rough and Ready. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rough and Ready’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rough and Ready

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Rough and Ready residents hold

304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+143%

Jobs based in Rough and Ready, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 34. 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.