Rail Road Flat has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in Rail Road Flat for work; outside it, Stockton is the main destination (4%, 48 miles). There are 26 jobs in Rail Road Flat, against 194 working residents. Commuters spend 45 minutes getting to work on average; the California average is 29, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Rail Road Flat
On a workday 193 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Rail Road Flat on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Where Rail Road Flat goes to work
Where Rail Road Flat clocks in
4% of workers
4% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 35% of the jobs in Rail Road Flat
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rail Road Flat, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 26. 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 Rail Road Flat’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 45 minutes to work from Rail Road Flat
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rail Road Flat workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 178 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Rail Road Flat
About 58% 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.
Work in the towns next to Rail Road Flat
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rail Road Flat workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rail Road Flat | – | — | — | 45 min | $87,951 |
| Glencoe | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Wilseyville | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Glencoe and Wilseyville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rail Road Flat’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 Rail Road Flat: questions
What is the median household income in Rail Road Flat?
$87,951 (±$18,428) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rail Road Flat?
13.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rail Road Flat?
45 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rail Road Flat work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stockton (4%, 48 mi), San Andreas (4%, 12 mi), Sacramento (3%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rail Road Flat without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rail Road Flat, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rail Road Flat
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.