Clarksburg draws 260 commuters a day, with 1.8 jobs for every working resident
262 jobs are based in Clarksburg; 145 of its residents have a job. Only 1% stay in Clarksburg for work; outside it, Sacramento is the main destination (18%, 11 miles). 27% of workers work from home; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Clarksburg
On a workday 143 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 410 people are in Clarksburg on a workday afternoon, 41% more 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.
Commuting in to Clarksburg: where workers come from
Where Clarksburg clocks in
18% of workers
14% 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.
What Clarksburg’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarksburg, 2013 → 2023: 181 → 262. 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 Clarksburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes to work from Clarksburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarksburg workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 141 commuters (the 27% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Clarksburg
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.
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 Clarksburg: questions
What is the poverty rate in Clarksburg?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarksburg?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clarksburg work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (18%, 11 mi), Davis (14%, 14 mi), West Sacramento (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clarksburg 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 Clarksburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarksburg
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.