Households in Camino earn more than those in 63% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Camino is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+). The poverty rate is 0.7%, against 12.0% across California. Only 2% work in Camino; the top destination outside it is Placerville (12%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Camino apart on work
The figures behind Camino’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Camino’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Camino’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Camino could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Short hops and long hauls from Camino
About 30% 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.
Camino by day and by night
On a workday 720 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 434 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Camino on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
The towns that employ Camino’s residents
Where Camino clocks in
12% of workers
8% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Camino
451 jobs are based in Camino.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camino, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 451. 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 Camino’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Camino: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camino workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 626 commuters (the 20% 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.
Getting around Camino: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 784 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 73% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 71% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Camino households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Camino’s commuters take a bus or train.
Camino places 1,085th of 5,148 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Del Rio CA | 1,508 | $250K | 0.0% | 2.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,083 | Otisco Township MI | 2,303 | $62K | 3.7% | 1.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,084 | Vernon VT | 2,144 | $86K | 5.5% | 1.9% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,085 | Camino CA | 2,079 | $85K | 0.7% | 2.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,086 | Quail Creek TX | 1,715 | $90K | 5.4% | 10.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,087 | Ridgetop TN | 2,156 | $85K | 3.5% | 6.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Camino, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Camino
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Camino workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camino | – | B+ | C+ | 29 min | $85,341 |
| Pollock Pines | under 3% | C− | C+ | 32 min | $74,924 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Camino’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 Camino: questions
What is the median household income in Camino?
$85,341 (±$70,139) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camino?
0.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camino?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camino work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Placerville (12%, 6 mi), Sacramento (8%, 44 mi), Diamond Springs (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Camino walkable?
Camino is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Camino without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 71% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Camino, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camino
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.