Squaw Valley has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Squaw Valley report 254 jobs; 1,134 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Squaw Valley are D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Squaw Valley is behind 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Squaw Valley apart on work
Squaw Valley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 57 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 437 hours of commuting, 215 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Squaw Valley’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Squaw Valley is Fresno, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (266) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Squaw Valley is a place people come home to
There are 254 jobs based in Squaw Valley, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Squaw Valley has about 2,500 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Squaw Valley workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
The four measures behind Squaw Valley’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Squaw Valley is better than 10% of U.S. towns, #791 of 847 in California. Unemployment holds Squaw Valley’s grade up (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Squaw Valley could be anywhere from D− to B.
About 57 minutes to work from Squaw Valley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Squaw Valley workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,095 commuters (the 3% 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.
The commute from Squaw Valley, by distance
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.
How a workday changes Squaw Valley
On a workday 1,089 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Squaw Valley on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
23% of working residents work in Fresno
Where Squaw Valley clocks in
23% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 50% of the jobs in Squaw Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Squaw Valley, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 254. 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 Squaw Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Squaw Valley gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Squaw Valley is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #803 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,127 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.5% of Squaw Valley households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Squaw Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Squaw Valley sits among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Emerald Lake Hills CA | 4,235 | $250K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,865 | Coaldale PA | 2,440 | $59K | 21.7% | 9.6% | 2% | D |
| 3,866 | Swift Trail Junction AZ | 2,859 | $63K | 16.2% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| 3,867 | Squaw Valley CA | 3,361 | $50K | 16.3% | 5.0% | 4% | D |
| 3,868 | Hardwick GA | 3,402 | $40K | 23.1% | 5.2% | 2% | D |
| 3,869 | Whiteman AFB MO | 3,517 | $55K | 13.3% | 3.6% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,269 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Squaw Valley, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Squaw Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Squaw Valley?
$49,904 (±$33,982) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Squaw Valley?
16.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Squaw Valley?
57 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Squaw Valley work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (23%, 33 mi), Clovis (6%, 28 mi), Reedley (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Squaw Valley walkable?
Squaw Valley is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Squaw Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Squaw Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Squaw Valley
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.