Work & commute · Truckee

Work & commute in Truckee, CA

40% of Truckee’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Reno (5%), Sunnyside-Tahoe City (3%) and Sacramento (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

3,213 of 7,992 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,779 Truckee residents head out of town to work, 3,213 work right here, and 5,129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Truckee.

4,779live here, work elsewhere

3,213live and work here

5,129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Truckee goes to work

Truckee (in town)right here

40%3,213

Reno, NV22.9 mi away

5%427

Sunnyside-Tahoe City14 mi away

3%230

Sacramento87.2 mi away

2%197

San Francisco190 mi away

2%147

Roseville72.5 mi away

1%105

Chico91 mi away

1%73

Kings Beach11.7 mi away

1%70

Incline Village, NV14.4 mi away

1%61

Tahoe Vista10.2 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,409

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

How far

How far Truckee commutes

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

53%

14%

28%

53%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Truckee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Truckee are

8,342 jobs are based in Truckee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Truckee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Truckee

8,342 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Truckee residents hold

7,992 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+45%

Jobs based in Truckee, 2013 → 2023: 5,738 → 8,342. 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.