With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Pioneer works elsewhere
36 jobs are based in Pioneer, and 483 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Pioneer C+; getting around on foot earns it B. Working from home is the commute for 34% of workers; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Pioneer: the gist
A big share show a job far from home
53% 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 ↓
Pioneer is a place people come home to
There are 36 jobs based in Pioneer, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pioneer has about 710 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Pioneer works from home
34% of Pioneer workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
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 483 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Pioneer’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Pioneer is better than 36% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Pioneer’s grade up (6.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: Pioneer’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pioneer could be anywhere from D to B+.
Miles to work from Pioneer
About 53% 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.
Who leaves Pioneer for work, and who comes in
On a workday 481 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Pioneer on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Time on the road from Pioneer: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pioneer workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 185 commuters (the 34% 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.
6% of working residents work in Jackson
Where Pioneer clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Pioneer
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pioneer, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 36. 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 Pioneer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Pioneer gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pioneer is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 279 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 4% 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% 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). 0.0% of Pioneer households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pioneer’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,087th of 4,312: where Pioneer ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 15 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,085 | Pershing Township IN | 1,362 | $73K | 9.8% | 6.7% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,086 | Superior Township OH | 1,282 | $67K | 9.9% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,087 | Pioneer CA | 1,155 | $76K | 6.5% | 5.1% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,088 | Laingsburg MI | 1,402 | $77K | 24.0% | 4.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,089 | Goodhue MN | 1,247 | $89K | 16.9% | 3.7% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Pioneer, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Pioneer and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pioneer workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer | – | C+ | B | 32 min | $75,714 |
| Red Corral | under 2% | C+ | D | 37 min | $85,581 |
| Buckhorn | under 2% | C+ | C | 51 min | $90,045 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pioneer’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 Pioneer: questions
What is the median household income in Pioneer?
$75,714 (±$55,202) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pioneer?
6.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pioneer?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pioneer work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (6%, 12 mi), Sacramento (6%, 49 mi), Sutter Creek (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pioneer walkable?
Pioneer is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pioneer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pioneer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pioneer
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.