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Jobs & commute in Amador Pines

Amador Pines has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Amador Pines has 44 jobs, and 516 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Amador Pines itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (6%, 16 miles). Working residents average 50 minutes each way; California averages 29, the U.S. 26.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

The work figures that set Amador Pines apart

Amador Pines workers spend longer getting to work

The average trip takes 50 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 383 hours of commuting, 161 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓

A big share show a job far from home

52% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓

Amador Pines is a place people come home to

There are 44 jobs based in Amador Pines, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Amador Pines has about 420 people in it, 53% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 516 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

The daily trip from Amador Pines: about 50 minutes

A year of commuting
380 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Amador Pines50 min
California29 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
19%

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

About 2 in 10
How Amador Pines gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 227 commuters (the 19% 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.

How far

How many miles Amador Pines commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miJackson: 6% · 16.2 miSacramento: 5% · 50.8 miStockton: 3% · 55 miMartell: 3% · 17 miOakland: 3% · 104.6 miSan Jose: 2% · 108.1 miRancho Cordova: 2% · 38.5 miElk Grove: 2% · 46.4 miIone: 2% · 24.1 miLodi: 2% · 48.3 miJackson 6%Sacramento 5%Stockton 3%Martell 3%Amador Pines
Amador PinesTop destinations (size = commuters)
6%Under 10 mi33 residents
18%10–24 mi92 residents
23%25–50 mi121 residents
52%Over 50 mi269 residents

About 52% 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 2024.

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

Day and night

Amador Pines by day and by night

On a workday 512 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.

512live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
40work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night890
Workday420
890live here− 510head out to work+ 40come in to work= 420on a workday

About 420 people are in Amador Pines on a workday afternoon, 53% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.09jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Amador Pines ends

Jackson: 31 residents work here (6%)Ione: 10 residents work here (2%)South Lake TahoeLodi: 10 residents work here (2%)TurlockRancho Cordova: 11 residents work here (2%)Elk Grove: 11 residents work here (2%)TruckeeSan Jose: 12 residents work here (2%)Oakland: 13 residents work here (3%)Sacramento: 25 residents work here (5%)Stockton: 14 residents work here (3%)SparksHendersonMartell: 14 residents work here (3%)PioneerBuckhornAmador PinesLockwoodRed CorralPine GroveJacksonSacramentoStocktonMartellOaklandSan JoseAmador Pines
1
Jackson16.2 mi away
6%31
2
Sacramento50.8 mi away
5%25
3
Stockton55 mi away
3%14
4
Martell17 mi away
3%14
5
Oakland104.6 mi away
3%13
6
San Jose108.1 mi away
2%12
7
Rancho Cordova38.5 mi away
2%11
8
Elk Grove46.4 mi away
2%11
9
Ione24.1 mi away
2%10
10
Lodi48.3 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
71%365
The top trips

Where Amador Pines clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

What Amador Pines’ employers do

Jobs based in Amador PinesJobs Amador Pines residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms2%16%
Trade, transport & utilities61%20%
Services: health, schools, offices36%64%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less30%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%23%
Over $3,333 a month55%62%

Who does it

29 or younger20%16%
30 to 5443%49%
55 and older36%35%
+110%

Jobs based in Amador Pines, 2014 → 2024: 21 → 44. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amador Pines’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Next door

Amador Pines and its neighbors

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Amador Pines50 min
Buckhorn51 min
Lockwood89 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownAmador Pines workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Amador Pines–——50 min$83,958
Lockwoodunder 2%——89 min—
Buckhornunder 2%C+C51 min$90,045

Same-state neighbors only. Lockwood: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Amador Pines’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Amador Pines: questions

What is the median household income in Amador Pines?

$83,958 (±$25,366) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Amador Pines?

2.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Amador Pines?

50 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Amador Pines work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (6%, 16 mi), Sacramento (5%, 51 mi), Stockton (3%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Amador Pines 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 Amador Pines, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Amador Pines

Amador Pines home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.