Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Coleville works elsewhere
Only 2% stay in Coleville for work; outside it, Bridgeport is the main destination (13%, 28 miles). Employers in Coleville report 73 jobs, against 186 working residents. For 29% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Coleville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 183 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Coleville on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Commuting out of Coleville: the destinations
Where Coleville clocks in
13% of workers
4% 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 Coleville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coleville, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 73. 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 Coleville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Coleville spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coleville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 commuters (the 29% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Coleville
About 70% 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.
Coleville and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coleville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleville | – | — | — | 27 min | $46,860 |
| Topaz | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Walker | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Topaz and Walker: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coleville’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 Coleville: questions
What is the median household income in Coleville?
$46,860 (±$20,177) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coleville?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coleville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coleville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bridgeport (13%, 28 mi), Lee Vining (5%, 48 mi), Sacramento (4%, 106 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coleville 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 Coleville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coleville
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.