Iron Horse has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
11 jobs are based in Iron Horse; 104 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Iron Horse for work; outside it, Portola is the main destination (13%, 3 miles). 0% of workers work from home, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Iron Horse quiets down on a workday
On a workday 104 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Iron Horse on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Where people from Iron Horse work
Where Iron Horse clocks in
13% 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.
73% of the jobs in Iron Horse pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Iron Horse, 2014 → 2024: 9 → 11. 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 Iron Horse’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Iron Horse
of Iron Horse workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 180 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 Iron Horse, by distance
About 37% 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.
Iron Horse and its neighbors: 21% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Iron Horse workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Horse | – | — | — | — | — |
| Gold Mountain | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Portola | 13% | D− | A+ | 21 min | $44,492 |
| Mabie | 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Delleker | 5% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gold Mountain, Mabie and Delleker: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Portola. Darker towns draw more of Iron Horse’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 Iron Horse: questions
What is the poverty rate in Iron Horse?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Iron Horse work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portola (13%, 3 mi), Beckwourth (6%, 6 mi), Delleker (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Iron Horse 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 Iron Horse, from the people who make the trip.
More of Iron Horse
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.