Alpine Village has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Working residents average 22 minutes each way, where California has 29 and the U.S. 26. Alpine Village has 58 jobs; 131 of its residents have a job. Only 5% work in Alpine Village; the top destination outside it is South Lake Tahoe (13%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Alpine Village, and who commutes in
On a workday 125 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Alpine Village on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Alpine Village goes to work
Where Alpine Village clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Alpine Village is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alpine Village, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 58. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alpine Village’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alpine Village workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 90 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Alpine Village commutes less than 70 miles
About 61% 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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Alpine Village
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alpine Village workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Village | – | — | — | 22 min | $78,750 |
| Mesa Vista | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mesa Vista: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Alpine Village’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Alpine Village: questions
What is the median household income in Alpine Village?
$78,750 (±$44,878) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alpine Village?
5.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alpine Village?
22 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alpine Village work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are South Lake Tahoe (13%, 14 mi), Fresno (5%, 138 mi), Reno (5%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Alpine Village without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alpine Village, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alpine Village
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.