Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Douglas Flat works elsewhere
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%. Douglas Flat has 33 jobs, and 130 of its residents work somewhere. 7.2% of residents live below the poverty line (California 12.0%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Douglas Flat by day and by night
On a workday 129 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 84 people are in Douglas Flat on a workday afternoon, 54% 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.
13% of working residents work in Murphys
Where Douglas Flat clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Douglas Flat
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Douglas Flat, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 33. 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 Douglas Flat’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Douglas Flat
of Douglas Flat workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 168 commuters (the 0% 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 Douglas Flat
About 44% 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.
13% of Douglas Flat works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Douglas Flat workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Flat | – | — | — | — | $128,434 |
| Murphys | 13% | C | B− | 17 min | $73,571 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Murphys. Darker towns draw more of Douglas 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 Douglas Flat: questions
What is the median household income in Douglas Flat?
$128,434 (±$37,425) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Douglas Flat?
7.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Douglas Flat work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Murphys (13%, 2 mi), Angels (8%, 6 mi), San Andreas (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Douglas Flat 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 Douglas Flat, from the people who make the trip.
More of Douglas 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.