Photo: Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Dunnigan works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Dunnigan itself; outside it, Woodland draws the most (18%, 20 miles). Dunnigan has 128 jobs for 407 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Dunnigan, in a few figures
Dunnigan and Woodland trade workers both ways
Woodland is the top workplace for Dunnigan residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Dunnigan come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Dunnigan workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 407 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Dunnigan commutes to
Where Dunnigan clocks in
6% of workers
3% 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.
Working from home in Dunnigan
of Dunnigan workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 138 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.
How far it is to work from Dunnigan
About 31% 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.
Dunnigan quiets down on a workday
On a workday 399 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Dunnigan on a workday afternoon, 52% 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.
What Dunnigan’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dunnigan, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 128. 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 Dunnigan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Dunnigan: questions
What is the median household income in Dunnigan?
$29,193 (±$10,862) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dunnigan?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Dunnigan work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Woodland (18%, 20 mi), Sacramento (6%, 35 mi), Elk Grove (3%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dunnigan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dunnigan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dunnigan
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.