Photo: Cullen328 · CC BY-SA 4.0Rough and Ready has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Rough and Ready for work; outside it, Grass Valley is the main destination (21%, 5 miles). Rough and Ready has 34 jobs, and 304 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 16% of workers (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Rough and Ready
The daily commute in and out of Rough and Ready
On a workday 303 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Rough and Ready on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Out of Rough and Ready to work: where people go
Where Rough and Ready clocks in
21% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Rough and Ready makes things: 50% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rough and Ready, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 34. 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 Rough and Ready’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rough and Ready
of Rough and Ready workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 162 commuters (the 16% 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 Rough and Ready’s workers travel
About 28% 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.
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 Rough and Ready: questions
What is the median household income in Rough and Ready?
$102,725 (±$22,920) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rough and Ready?
1.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rough and Ready work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grass Valley (21%, 5 mi), Nevada City (7%, 6 mi), Penn Valley (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rough and Ready 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 Rough and Ready, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rough and Ready
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.