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Work & commute · Sonora

Work & commute in Sonora, CA

Most working residents leave Sonora for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are East Sonora (4%), Sacramento (3%) and Tuolumne City (2%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
16%
437 of 2,652 working residents
Typical commute
42 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,215 Sonora residents head out of town to work, 437 work right here, and 3,878 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sonora.

2,215live here, work elsewhere
437live and work here
3,878work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sonora goes to work

SonoraModestoSan JoseSan FranciscoSacramentoFresnoTuolumne CityEast SonoraMono VistaJamestownSoulsbyvilleTwain HarteColumbiaPhoenix LakeCopperopolisEast SonoraSacramentoTuolumne CityModestoFresnoColumbiaSan JoseSan FranciscoMono VistaSonora
1
Sonora (in town)right here
16%437
2
East Sonora2.5 mi away
4%99
3
Sacramento71.5 mi away
3%73
4
Tuolumne City7.8 mi away
2%60
5
Modesto41.4 mi away
2%56
6
Fresno88.9 mi away
2%56
7
Columbia3.8 mi away
2%52
8
San Jose91.5 mi away
2%50
9
San Francisco145.6 mi away
2%50
10
Mono Vista6.5 mi away
2%46
Everywhere elseother towns and states
63%1,673

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

How far

How far Sonora commutes

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

38%Under 10 mi
6%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
46%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sonora is a job hub

1.63jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sonora are

4,315 jobs are based in Sonora. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sonora’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sonora

4,315 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)2%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)74%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Sonora residents hold

2,652 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month55%
−11%

Jobs based in Sonora, 2013 → 2023: 4,835 → 4,315. 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.

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