Photo: Musant · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Silverado commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 40 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26). Silverado has 52 jobs for 424 working residents. Hardly any stay in Silverado for work; outside it, Irvine is the main destination (8%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Silverado
Silverado is a place people come home to
There are 52 jobs based in Silverado, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Silverado has about 600 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Silverado workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 424 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Silverado by day and by night
On a workday 420 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Silverado on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Time on the road from Silverado: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silverado workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 409 commuters (the 19% 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’s working residents head each day
Where Silverado clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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 is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silverado, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 52. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Silverado commutes less than 17 miles
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: questions
What is the median household income in Silverado?
$76,797 (±$46,677) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silverado?
18.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silverado?
40 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silverado work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Irvine (8%, 10 mi), Orange (8%, 14 mi), Los Angeles (5%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Silverado without a car?
7% 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silverado
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.