Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainMost of Drytown commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% stay in Drytown for work; outside it, Plymouth is the main destination (6%, 2 miles). 21 jobs are based in Drytown; 85 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 74% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Drytown, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 83 people are in Drytown on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 towns that employ Drytown’s residents
Where Drytown clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 43% of Drytown’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Drytown, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 21. 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 Drytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Drytown
of Drytown workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22 commuters (the 74% 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.
Miles to work from Drytown
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.
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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Drytown: questions
What is the median household income in Drytown?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Drytown?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Drytown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plymouth (6%, 2 mi), Jackson (6%, 8 mi), Sacramento (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Drytown 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 Drytown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Drytown
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.