With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Cromberg works elsewhere
Cromberg has 27 jobs, and 84 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Cromberg itself; outside it, Quincy draws the most (14%, 15 miles). Working from home is the commute for 19% of workers, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cromberg on a workday afternoon
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 97 people are in Cromberg on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The places Cromberg commutes to
Where Cromberg 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.
Services make up most of the work in Cromberg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cromberg, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 27. 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 Cromberg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cromberg
of Cromberg workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 52 commuters (the 19% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cromberg
About 59% 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.
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 Cromberg: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cromberg?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cromberg work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Quincy (14%, 15 mi), East Quincy (13%, 13 mi), San Francisco (6%, 172 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cromberg 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 Cromberg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cromberg
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.