Most of Alta Sierra commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 5 jobs in Alta Sierra for 22 working residents. Hardly any work in Alta Sierra itself; outside it, El Segundo draws the most (5%, 126 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Alta Sierra: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 22 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Alta Sierra on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
The towns that employ Alta Sierra’s residents
Where Alta Sierra clocks in
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.
What Alta Sierra’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alta Sierra, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 5. 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 Alta Sierra’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Alta Sierra commutes
About 68% 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.
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 Alta Sierra: questions
What is the poverty rate in Alta Sierra?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Alta Sierra work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are El Segundo (5%, 126 mi), Goleta (5%, 116 mi), San Leandro (5%, 242 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alta Sierra, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alta Sierra
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.