Most of Cedar Flat commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
113 jobs are based in Cedar Flat, and 320 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Cedar Flat are B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. For 48% of workers, the job is at home; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cedar Flat, in a few figures
Home offices are common in Cedar Flat
49% of Cedar Flat workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
51% 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 ↓
Commutes from Cedar Flat are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 320 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Cedar Flat
On income, poverty and job access, Cedar Flat is better than 51% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Cedar Flat’s grade up ($99,153, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (5.7%) is left out: Cedar Flat’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, Cedar Flat could be anywhere from D to B+.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Cedar Flat
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Flat workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 301 commuters (the 48% 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.
The commute from Cedar Flat, by distance
About 51% 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.
In and out of Cedar Flat on a workday
On a workday 310 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Cedar Flat on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
8% of working residents work in Truckee
Where Cedar Flat clocks in
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.
Goods, not services: 42% of the jobs in Cedar Flat
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Flat, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 113. 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 Cedar Flat’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Cedar Flat: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cedar Flat is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns. 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 584 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 0.0% of Cedar Flat households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cedar Flat’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,197th of 3,771: where Cedar Flat ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 15 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,195 | Ludington WI | 1,037 | $86K | 7.8% | 4.5% | <1% | B− |
| 1,196 | Ashland IL | 1,162 | $68K | 4.9% | 2.2% | 6% | B− |
| 1,197 | Cedar Flat CA | 1,089 | $99K | 6.0% | 5.7% | 3% | B− |
| 1,198 | Beale AFB CA | 1,344 | $70K | 0.0% | 9.0% | <1% | B− |
| 1,199 | Spring Township KS | 1,472 | $94K | 15.1% | 6.1% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Cedar Flat, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Cedar Flat
The biggest share goes to Carnelian Bay (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cedar Flat workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Flat | – | B− | B− | 19 min | $99,153 |
| Carnelian Bay | 5% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Dollar Point | 4% | B− | A+ | 13 min | $76,774 |
Same-state neighbors only. Carnelian Bay: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cedar Flat’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 Cedar Flat: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Flat?
$99,153 (±$59,289) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Flat?
6.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Flat?
19 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 48% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Flat work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Truckee (8%, 11 mi), Sunnyside-Tahoe City (6%, 6 mi), Carnelian Bay (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cedar Flat walkable?
Cedar Flat is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 10.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cedar Flat without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Flat, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Flat
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.