Fort Ross Commander's House · Public domainJobs, income and commuting in Timber Cove, CA
Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average, next to 29 for California and 26 for the U.S. Working from home is the commute for 31% of workers; California has 17%. About one in seven work in Timber Cove; the top destination outside it is Sea Ranch (12%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Timber Cove
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 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.
Where people from Timber Cove work
Where Timber Cove clocks in
4% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Timber Cove
76 jobs are based in Timber Cove.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Timber Cove, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 76. 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 Timber Cove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Timber Cove: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Timber Cove workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 commuters (the 31% 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 Timber Cove, by distance
About 36% 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 Timber Cove: questions
What is the median household income in Timber Cove?
$110,938 (±$48,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Timber Cove?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Timber Cove?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Timber Cove work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sea Ranch (12%, 17 mi), Fairfield (4%, 69 mi), Santa Rosa (4%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Timber Cove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Timber Cove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Timber Cove
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.