Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Volcano
Only 2% work in Volcano; the top destination outside it is Folsom (8%, 32 miles). For 100% of workers, the job is at home (California 17%). There are 49 jobs in Volcano, and 50 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Volcano on a workday afternoon
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 48 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 (0.98 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.
Out of Volcano to work: where people go
Where Volcano clocks in
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.
In Volcano, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Volcano’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Volcano
of Volcano workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Volcano’s commute, mile by mile
About 53% 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 Volcano: questions
What is the median household income in Volcano?
$43,397 (±$7,476) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Volcano?
11.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Volcano work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Folsom (8%, 32 mi), Vacaville (4%, 73 mi), North Highlands (4%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Volcano, from the people who make the trip.
More of Volcano
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.