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Jobs & commute in Camptonville

Camptonville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each

Home is the office for 46% of workers (California 17%). There are 26 jobs in Camptonville, and 49 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Camptonville for work; outside it, Challenge-Brownsville is the main destination (8%, 12 miles).

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

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Camptonville

On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.

49live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
26work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night42
Workday19
42live here− 49head out to work+ 26come in to work= 19on a workday

About 19 people are in Camptonville on a workday afternoon, 55% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.53jobs 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 Camptonville goes to work

Loyalton: 1 residents work here (2%)FerndaleNevada City: 1 residents work here (2%)Live OakSonora: 1 residents work here (2%)Grass Valley: 1 residents work here (2%)Auburn: 1 residents work here (2%)AlamedaYuba City: 2 residents work here (4%)LincolnChicoSan Francisco: 3 residents work here (6%)Sacramento: 2 residents work here (4%)Stockton: 2 residents work here (4%)CamptonvilleDobbinsChallenge-Brownsville: 4 residents work here (8%)Washoe ValleyChallenge-BrownsvilleSan FranciscoYuba CitySacramentoStocktonLoyaltonCamptonville
18%4
2
San Francisco137.7 mi away
6%3
3
Yuba City38.7 mi away
4%2
4
Sacramento65.1 mi away
4%2
5
Stockton102.9 mi away
4%2
6
Loyalton45.5 mi away
2%1
7
Nevada City13.3 mi away
2%1
8
Sonora107.7 mi away
2%1
9
Grass Valley16 mi away
2%1
10
Auburn38.5 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
63%31
The top trips

Where Camptonville 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

Services make up most of the work in Camptonville

Jobs based in CamptonvilleJobs Camptonville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%14%
Trade, transport & utilities0%22%
Services: health, schools, offices100%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less38%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%43%
Over $3,333 a month23%45%

Who does it

29 or younger8%29%
30 to 5469%51%
55 and older23%20%
−7%

Jobs based in Camptonville, 2014 → 2024: 28 → 26. 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 Camptonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Camptonville

Working from home
46%

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

About 5 in 10
How Camptonville gets to work
67%Drive alone
17%Transit
17%Walk

Share of the 6 commuters (the 45% 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

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Camptonville

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miChallenge-Brownsville: 8% · 11.5 miSan Francisco: 6% · 137.7 miYuba City: 4% · 38.7 miSacramento: 4% · 65.1 miStockton: 4% · 102.9 miLoyalton: 2% · 45.5 miNevada City: 2% · 13.3 miSonora: 2% · 107.7 miGrass Valley: 2% · 16 miAuburn: 2% · 38.5 miChallenge-Brownsville 8%San Francisco 6%Yuba City 4%Sacramento 4%Stockton 4%Camptonville
CamptonvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
2%Under 10 mi1 residents
27%10–24 mi13 residents
17%25–50 mi8 residents
54%Over 50 mi26 residents

About 54% 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.

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 Camptonville: questions

What is the median household income in Camptonville?

$53,750 (±$32,965) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Camptonville?

2.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Camptonville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Challenge-Brownsville (8%, 12 mi), San Francisco (6%, 138 mi), Yuba City (4%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Camptonville without a car?

17% of commuters take transit and 30% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Camptonville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Camptonville

Camptonville 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.