Photo: Dcrjsr · CC BY 3.0Most of Swall Meadows commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Swall Meadows for work; outside it, Mammoth Lakes is the main destination (33%, 21 miles). Employers in Swall Meadows report 7 jobs, and 92 of its residents work somewhere. For 29% of workers, the job is at home, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Swall Meadows: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Swall Meadows on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
The towns that employ Swall Meadows’ residents
Where Swall Meadows clocks in
33% of workers
20% 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.
71% of the jobs in Swall Meadows pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Swall Meadows, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 7. 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 Swall Meadows’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes to work from Swall Meadows
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Swall Meadows workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 123 commuters (the 29% 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 in the region Swall Meadows works
About 37% 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.
Next door to Swall Meadows
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Swall Meadows workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swall Meadows | – | — | — | 29 min | $156,917 |
| Paradise | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Paradise: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Swall Meadows’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Swall Meadows: questions
What is the median household income in Swall Meadows?
$156,917 (±$70,697) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Swall Meadows?
0.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Swall Meadows?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Swall Meadows work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mammoth Lakes (33%, 21 mi), Bishop (20%, 16 mi), Crowley Lake (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Swall Meadows without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Swall Meadows, from the people who make the trip.
More of Swall Meadows
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.