Silverado Resort at work: jobs, income and the commute
62% of workers have no commute at all; California has 17%. Only 2% work in Silverado Resort; the top destination outside it is Napa (21%, 5 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes (California 29, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Silverado Resort and work: the main findings
A lot of Silverado Resort works from home
62% of Silverado Resort workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Silverado Resort and Napa trade workers both ways
Napa is the top workplace for Silverado Resort residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Silverado Resort come from (38% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Silverado Resort than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Silverado Resort fell from 928 in 2013 to 509 in 2023, −45%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 404 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silverado Resort workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 116 commuters (the 61% 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.
Where Silverado Resort goes to work
Where Silverado Resort clocks in
21% 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.
Silverado Resort is a services town
509 jobs are based in Silverado Resort.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silverado Resort, 2013 → 2023: 928 → 509. 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 Silverado Resort’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Silverado Resort, and who commutes in
On a workday 395 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 500 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Silverado Resort on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Silverado Resort’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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 Silverado Resort: questions
What is the median household income in Silverado Resort?
$173,832 (±$11,166) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silverado Resort?
3.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silverado Resort?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 62% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silverado Resort work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Napa (21%, 5 mi), San Francisco (5%, 41 mi), St. Helena (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Silverado Resort 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 Silverado Resort, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silverado Resort
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.