More people are out of work in Pine Mountain Club (9.9%) than in 94% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 56 minutes (California 29, U.S. 26). Pine Mountain Club grades D for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 6% work in Pine Mountain Club itself; outside it, Los Angeles draws the most (9%, 71 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Pine Mountain Club, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
64% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Pine Mountain Club workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 56 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 429 hours of commuting, 207 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Pine Mountain Club’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pine Mountain Club is Los Angeles, 71 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (37) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 398 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Pine Mountain Club’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pine Mountain Club is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #759 of 847 in California. The poverty rate holds Pine Mountain Club’s grade up (10.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pine Mountain Club could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pine Mountain Club
About 64% 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.
About 56 minutes each way, longer than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Mountain Club workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,110 commuters (the 21% 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.
Pine Mountain Club on a workday afternoon
On a workday 376 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 towns that employ Pine Mountain Club’s residents
Where Pine Mountain Club clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
Inside Pine Mountain Club’s 141 jobs
141 jobs are based in Pine Mountain Club.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Mountain Club, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 141. 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 Pine Mountain Club’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Pine Mountain Club, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pine Mountain Club is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns, #846 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Pine Mountain Club near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,397 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.0% of Pine Mountain Club households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pine Mountain Club’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800, Pine Mountain Club ranks 3,958th of 4,703 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,956 | Maynardville TN | 2,723 | $46K | 21.7% | 6.4% | 9% | D |
| 3,957 | Montour NY | 2,170 | $64K | 16.6% | 10.2% | 8% | D |
| 3,958 | Pine Mountain Club CA | 2,838 | $69K | 10.3% | 9.9% | 6% | D |
| 3,959 | Thomasville AL | 3,545 | $43K | 20.2% | 3.1% | 25% | D |
| 3,960 | East Dublin GA | 2,552 | $50K | 28.7% | 4.1% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pine Mountain Club, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Pine Mountain Club: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Mountain Club?
$69,375 (±$13,479) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Mountain Club?
10.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Mountain Club?
56 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Mountain Club work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (9%, 71 mi), Bakersfield (6%, 36 mi), Visalia (4%, 103 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pine Mountain Club walkable?
Pine Mountain Club is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pine Mountain Club without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Mountain Club, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Mountain Club
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.