Long Barn has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Long Barn itself; outside it, Sonora draws the most (7%, 16 miles). Long Barn has 5 jobs, and 86 of its residents work somewhere. Below the poverty line: 37.9% of residents, where California as a whole has 12.0%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Long Barn on a workday
On a workday 86 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Long Barn on a workday afternoon, 100% 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 Long Barn goes to work
Where Long Barn clocks in
7% 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.
Most jobs in Long Barn are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Long Barn, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 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 Long Barn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Long Barn to work
About 70% 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.
Around Long Barn: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Long Barn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Barn | – | — | — | — | — |
| Sierra Village | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sierra Village: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Long Barn’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 Long Barn: questions
What is the poverty rate in Long Barn?
37.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Long Barn work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sonora (7%, 16 mi), East Sonora (6%, 14 mi), Sacramento (5%, 79 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Long Barn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Long Barn
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.