Photo: Loco Steve from Bromley , UK · CC BY 2.0Floriston has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%. Employers in Floriston report 1 jobs, against 18 working residents. Hardly any work in Floriston itself; outside it, Nevada City draws the most (11%, 55 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Floriston: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9 people are in Floriston on a workday afternoon, 65% 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.
Out of Floriston to work: where people go
Where Floriston clocks in
11% of workers
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.
Most jobs in Floriston are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Floriston, 2013 → 2023: 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Floriston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Floriston
of Floriston workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Floriston
About 67% 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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Floriston: questions
What is the poverty rate in Floriston?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Floriston work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nevada City (11%, 55 mi), Grass Valley (6%, 57 mi), Auburn (6%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Floriston 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 Floriston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Floriston
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.