Rumsey Town Hall · Photo: Yolorose · CC BY-SA 3.0Rumsey has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Rumsey report 2 jobs, and 34 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Rumsey itself; outside it, Sacramento draws the most (12%, 48 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Rumsey
On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48 people are in Rumsey on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 Rumsey to work: where people go
Where Rumsey clocks in
12% 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.
Most jobs in Rumsey are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rumsey, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 2. 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 Rumsey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rumsey
of Rumsey workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 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 many miles Rumsey commutes
About 41% 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 Rumsey: questions
What is the poverty rate in Rumsey?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rumsey work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (12%, 48 mi), Woodland (9%, 31 mi), University of California-Davis (9%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rumsey 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 Rumsey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rumsey
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.