Work & commute · Tahoe Vista

Work & commute in Tahoe Vista, CA

Most working residents leave Tahoe Vista for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Sunnyside-Tahoe City (9%), Sacramento (7%) and Incline Village (6%). Half commute less than 70 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 456 working residents

Typical commute

70 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 426 Tahoe Vista residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 468 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tahoe Vista.

426live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

468work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tahoe Vista goes to work

Sunnyside-Tahoe City9.1 mi away

9%43

Sacramento89.1 mi away

7%30

Tahoe Vista (in town)right here

7%30

Incline Village, NV6.2 mi away

6%29

Truckee10.2 mi away

6%27

Kings Beach2.1 mi away

4%17

San Francisco192 mi away

3%14

San Jose165 mi away

2%10

South Lake Tahoe22.4 mi away

2%8

Yuba City85.2 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%240

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

How far

How far Tahoe Vista commutes

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

37%

55%

37%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

55%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tahoe Vista is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tahoe Vista are

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

Jobs based in Tahoe Vista

498 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Tahoe Vista residents hold

456 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+68%

Jobs based in Tahoe Vista, 2013 → 2023: 296 → 498. 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.