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Work & commute in Twain Harte · A commuter town

96% of Twain Harte’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Twain Harte for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sonora (7%), East Sonora (3%) and Sacramento (3%). Half commute less than 75 miles.

Work in town
4%
43 of 1,104 working residents
Typical commute
75 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
38 min
More than CA (29 min)
Work from home
23%
More than CA (17%)
Jobs based here
313
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Twain Harte?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

7% of working residents work in Sonora

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Sonora: 76 residents work here (7%)San Jose: 30 residents work here (3%)San Francisco: 21 residents work here (2%)Sacramento: 35 residents work here (3%)Fresno: 29 residents work here (3%)Stockton: 23 residents work here (2%)Tuolumne City: 24 residents work here (2%)East Sonora: 36 residents work here (3%)Mi-Wuk VillageMono Vista: 20 residents work here (2%)JamestownSoulsbyvilleTwain HarteCedar RidgePhoenix LakeSonoraEast SonoraSacramentoSan JoseFresnoTuolumne CityTwain Harte
1
Sonora9 mi away
7%76
2
Twain Harte (in town)right here
4%43
3
East Sonora7.1 mi away
3%36
4
Sacramento76.3 mi away
3%35
5
San Jose100.5 mi away
3%30
6
Fresno89.9 mi away
3%29
7
Tuolumne City5.4 mi away
2%24
8
Stockton58.7 mi away
2%23
9
San Francisco154.1 mi away
2%21
10
Mono Vista2.6 mi away
2%20
Everywhere elseother towns and states
69%767
The top trips

Where Twain Harte clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 38 minutes each way, longer than most of California

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
289 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Twain Harte38 min
California29 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
23%

of Twain Harte workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Twain Harte quiets down on a workday

On a workday 1,061 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 270 people come in from elsewhere.

1,061live here, work elsewhere
43live and work here
270work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night2,400
Workday1,600
2,400live here− 1,100head out to work+ 270come in to work= 1,600on a workday

About 1,600 people are in Twain Harte on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.28jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Twain Harte commutes less than 75 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSonora: 7% · 9 miEast Sonora: 3% · 7.1 miSacramento: 3% · 76.3 miSan Jose: 3% · 100.5 miFresno: 3% · 89.9 miTuolumne City: 2% · 5.4 miStockton: 2% · 58.7 miSan Francisco: 2% · 154.1 miMono Vista: 2% · 2.6 miSonora 7%East Sonora 3%Sacramento 3%San Jose 3%Fresno 3%Twain Harte
Twain HarteTop destinations (size = commuters)
24%Under 10 mi266 residents
6%10–24 mi66 residents
5%25–50 mi57 residents
65%Over 50 mi710 residents

About 65% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 313 jobs in Twain Harte are

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

Jobs based in Twain HarteJobs Twain Harte residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms7%18%
Trade, transport & utilities33%21%
Services: health, schools, offices60%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less28%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%28%
Over $3,333 a month36%54%

Who does it

29 or younger25%22%
30 to 5445%49%
55 and older31%29%
−27%

Jobs based in Twain Harte, 2013 → 2023: 426 → 313. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Twain Harte and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Mono Vista (2%). Darker towns draw more of Twain Harte’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Soulsbyville24 min
Mono Vista32 min
Twain Harte38 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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