Work & commute · Tahoma

Work & commute in Tahoma, CA

Most working residents leave Tahoma for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sunnyside-Tahoe City (14%), Sacramento (8%) and Roseville (3%). Half commute less than 64 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 463 working residents

Typical commute

64 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 451 Tahoma residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tahoma.

451live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

89work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tahoma goes to work

Sunnyside-Tahoe City6.4 mi away

14%65

Sacramento79 mi away

8%38

Roseville66.4 mi away

3%15

Truckee20.4 mi away

3%15

Rancho Cordova67.6 mi away

3%12

Tahoma (in town)right here

3%12

San Francisco181.5 mi away

2%11

Folsom60.2 mi away

2%10

South Lake Tahoe12.5 mi away

2%8

Rocklin62 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%269

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

How far

How far Tahoma commutes

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

26%

13%

58%

26%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

58%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tahoma is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tahoma are

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

Jobs based in Tahoma

101 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Tahoma residents hold

463 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−25%

Jobs based in Tahoma, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 101. 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.