Work & commute · Sutter Creek

Work & commute in Sutter Creek, CA

Most working residents leave Sutter Creek for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (10%), Sacramento (6%) and Ione (5%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 1,220 working residents

Typical commute

35 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 1,175 Sutter Creek residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 827 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sutter Creek.

1,175live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

827work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sutter Creek goes to work

Jackson3.4 mi away

10%119

Sacramento38.2 mi away

6%79

Ione8.3 mi away

5%60

Sutter Creek (in town)right here

4%45

Stockton39.9 mi away

3%31

San Jose93.9 mi away

2%30

Martell1.8 mi away

2%29

San Francisco129.9 mi away

2%27

San Andreas15.4 mi away

2%23

Rancho Cordova26.9 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%756

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

How far

How far Sutter Creek commutes

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

31%

26%

35%

31%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sutter Creek is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sutter Creek are

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

Jobs based in Sutter Creek

872 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Sutter Creek residents hold

1,220 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+2%

Jobs based in Sutter Creek, 2013 → 2023: 859 → 872. 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.