Photo: Daniel Mayer (mav) · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Mono City works elsewhere
100% of workers have no commute at all; California has 17%. 22 jobs are based in Mono City; 74 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Mono City for work; outside it, Bridgeport is the main destination (22%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Mono City
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Mono City on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
The places Mono City commutes to
Where Mono City clocks in
22% 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.
Mono City makes things: 50% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mono City, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 22. 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 Mono City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Mono City
of Mono City workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Mono City’s commute, mile by mile
About 55% 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 Mono City: questions
What is the median household income in Mono City?
$109,265 (±$37,488) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mono City?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mono City work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bridgeport (22%, 16 mi), Mammoth Lakes (8%, 30 mi), Lee Vining (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mono City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mono City
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.