Tocaloma Bridge · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Nicasio has 2.5 jobs per working resident, and 51 people come in to work
A typical one-way commute lasts 48 minutes, next to 29 for California and 26 for the U.S. There are 51 jobs in Nicasio; 20 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Nicasio itself; outside it, San Rafael draws the most (10%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Nicasio
On a workday 20 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 120 people are in Nicasio on a workday afternoon, 34% more than live here.
2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 Nicasio’s workforce comes from
Where Nicasio clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
Nicasio makes things: 33% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nicasio, 2014 → 2024: 44 → 51. 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 Nicasio’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Nicasio takes about 48 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nicasio workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 22% 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 Nicasio
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.
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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Nicasio: questions
What is the median household income in Nicasio?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nicasio?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nicasio?
48 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nicasio work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Rafael (10%, 12 mi), San Francisco (10%, 25 mi), Point Reyes Station (10%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Nicasio without a car?
4% 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 Nicasio, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nicasio
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.