Photo: Joe Parks from Berkeley, CA · CC BY 2.0Jobs, income and commuting in Carmet, CA
Home is the office for 50% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole. Hardly any work in Carmet itself; outside it, Sebastopol draws the most (11%, 13 miles). No jobs are based in Carmet in the Census job records; 19 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Carmet for work, and who comes in
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 66 people are in Carmet on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 places Carmet commutes to
Where Carmet clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
Working from home in Carmet
of Carmet workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 commuters (the 50% 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.
Carmet’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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.
Carmet and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carmet workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmet | – | — | — | — | $93,833 |
| Sereno del Mar | under 6% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sereno del Mar: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Carmet’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 Carmet: questions
What is the median household income in Carmet?
$93,833 (±$79,105) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carmet?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Carmet work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sebastopol (11%, 13 mi), Petaluma (11%, 26 mi), San Francisco (11%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Carmet without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carmet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carmet
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.