Malakoff Diggins-North Bloomfield Historic District · Photo: J.smith, Retouched by Mmxx · CC BY-SA 3.0Pike has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Pike for work; outside it, Truckee is the main destination (17%, 43 miles). Pike has 3 jobs, against 35 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pike on a workday afternoon
On a workday 35 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2 people are in Pike on a workday afternoon, 94% 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 the trip to work from Pike ends
Where Pike clocks in
17% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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 Pike, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pike, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 3. 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 Pike’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Pike
of Pike workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 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.
How far Pike’s workers travel
About 49% 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.
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 Pike: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pike?
11.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pike work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Truckee (17%, 43 mi), Reno (9%, 62 mi), Downieville (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pike 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 Pike, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pike
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.