With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Sierra Brooks works elsewhere
Sierra Brooks has 6 jobs for 151 working residents. Hardly any work in Sierra Brooks; the top destination outside it is Downieville (13%, 32 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Sierra Brooks
On a workday 151 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Sierra Brooks 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.
Commuting out of Sierra Brooks: the destinations
Where Sierra Brooks clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Goods, not services: 67% of the jobs in Sierra Brooks
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sierra Brooks, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 6. 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 Sierra Brooks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Sierra Brooks
of Sierra Brooks workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 98 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Sierra Brooks
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 Sierra Brooks: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sierra Brooks?
17.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sierra Brooks work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Downieville (13%, 32 mi), Loyalton (11%, 3 mi), Truckee (9%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sierra Brooks 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 Sierra Brooks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sierra Brooks
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.