Rosebud Ranch · Photo: Katiebug7 · CC BY-SA 4.0Hood has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
1 jobs are based in Hood for 81 working residents. Hardly any stay in Hood for work; outside it, Sacramento is the main destination (15%, 14 miles). For 12% of workers, the job is at 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
The workday shuffle in and out of Hood
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Hood on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where the trip to work from Hood ends
Where Hood clocks in
15% of workers
10% 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.
In Hood, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hood, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 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 Hood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Hood
of Hood workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 commuters (the 12% 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 Hood goes to work
About 23% 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 Hood: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hood?
11.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hood work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (15%, 14 mi), Stockton (10%, 29 mi), Walnut Grove (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hood 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 Hood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hood
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.