Photo: . . from Sacramento, California · CC BY 2.0Elmira has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
1 jobs are based in Elmira, against 76 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Elmira
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Elmira on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2024, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Vacaville
Where Elmira clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Elmira: what the 1 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elmira, 2014 → 2024: 1 → 1. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elmira’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Elmira
of Elmira workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 124 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.
The commute from Elmira, by distance
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bordering towns draw 13% of Elmira’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Vacaville. Darker towns draw more of Elmira’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 2024, 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 Elmira: questions
What is the median household income in Elmira?
$86,349 (±$13,307) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elmira?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Elmira work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vacaville (13%, 3 mi), Fairfield (8%, 9 mi), Sacramento (8%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Elmira 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 Elmira, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elmira
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.