Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Dutch Flat commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
At home: 29% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%). There are 5 jobs in Dutch Flat, and 65 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Dutch Flat for work; outside it, Auburn is the main destination (6%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Dutch Flat: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 65 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Dutch Flat on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Dutch Flat’s residents
Where Dutch Flat clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Dutch Flat
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dutch Flat, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 5. 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 Dutch Flat’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 70 minutes each way for Dutch Flat’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 22.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dutch Flat workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 commuters (the 29% 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.
The commute from Dutch Flat, by distance
About 46% 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.
Dutch Flat and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dutch Flat workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Flat | – | — | — | 70 min | $96,136 |
| Alta | under 4% | — | — | 47 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Alta: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dutch 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 Dutch Flat: questions
What is the median household income in Dutch Flat?
$96,136 (±$41,645) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dutch Flat?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dutch Flat?
70 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dutch Flat work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn (6%, 25 mi), San Francisco (6%, 131 mi), Sacramento (6%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dutch Flat without a car?
23% 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 Dutch Flat, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dutch 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.