Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Dollar Point
Dollar Point grades B− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 7.8 in Sacramento. Only 8% stay in Dollar Point for work; outside it, Sunnyside-Tahoe City is the main destination (16%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Dollar Point: the gist
Commutes from Dollar Point are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 123 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% 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 ↓
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 524 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Dollar Point’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Dollar Point is better than 48% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Dollar Point’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (8.8%) is left out: Dollar Point’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Dollar Point could be anywhere from C− to B+.
About 13 minutes to work from Dollar Point
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dollar Point workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 619 commuters (the 17% 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.
Where in the region Dollar Point works
About 41% 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.
How many people are in Dollar Point by day
On a workday 484 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
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 Dollar Point: the destinations
Where Dollar Point clocks in
10% 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.
What the 430 jobs in Dollar Point are
430 jobs are based in Dollar Point.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dollar Point, 2013 → 2023: 549 → 430. 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 Dollar Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dollar Point is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dollar Point is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Dollar Point near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 745 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, 77% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% 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). 4.6% of Dollar Point households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Dollar Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Dollar Point is 2,349th among 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 22 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,347 | Monroeville OH | 1,283 | $65K | 7.2% | 5.0% | 10% | B− |
| 2,348 | Muenster TX | 1,742 | $88K | 10.2% | 0.4% | 20% | B− |
| 2,349 | Dollar Point CA | 1,477 | $77K | 3.5% | 8.8% | 8% | B− |
| 2,350 | Ama LA | 1,483 | $73K | 17.7% | 2.3% | 2% | B− |
| 2,351 | Midtown TN | 1,369 | $61K | 8.3% | 6.1% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Dollar Point, the top three, the last and three more from California.
How Dollar Point compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dollar Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollar Point | – | B− | A+ | 13 min | $76,774 |
| Cedar Flat | under 2% | B− | B− | 19 min | $99,153 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dollar Point’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 Dollar Point: questions
What is the median household income in Dollar Point?
$76,774 (±$33,286) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dollar Point?
3.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dollar Point?
13 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dollar Point work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sunnyside-Tahoe City (16%, 4 mi), Truckee (10%, 12 mi), Sacramento (4%, 85 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dollar Point walkable?
Dollar Point is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.5 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dollar Point without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 77% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dollar Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dollar Point
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.