Sugar Pine Point State Park · Photo: DimiTalen · CC BY-SA 3.0Tahoma has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 3% stay in Tahoma for work; outside it, Sunnyside-Tahoe City is the main destination (14%, 6 miles). Employers in Tahoma report 101 jobs, against 463 working residents. Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Tahoma in brief
A big share show a job far from home
58% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Tahoma is a place people come home to
There are 101 jobs based in Tahoma, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tahoma has about 510 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 463 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Tahoma’s workers travel
About 58% 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.
Tahoma on a workday afternoon
On a workday 451 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Tahoma on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Where Tahoma goes to work
Where Tahoma clocks in
8% of workers
3% 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 jobs make up 65% of work in Tahoma
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tahoma, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 101. 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 Tahoma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes to work from Tahoma
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tahoma workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 455 commuters (the 17% 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.
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 Tahoma: questions
What is the median household income in Tahoma?
$105,104 (±$33,724) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tahoma?
9.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tahoma?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tahoma work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sunnyside-Tahoe City (14%, 6 mi), Sacramento (8%, 79 mi), Roseville (3%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tahoma 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 Tahoma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tahoma
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.