A job hub: Placerville has 6.6 jobs per working resident, and 117 people come in to work
For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Idaho 13%). Employers in Placerville report 118 jobs; 18 of its residents have a job. Only 6% stay in Placerville for work; outside it, Boise City is the main destination (22%, 28 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 Placerville
On a workday 17 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 150 people are in Placerville on a workday afternoon, 208% more 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 send workers to Placerville
Where Placerville clocks in
22% of workers
17% of workers
17% 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.
Placerville is a services town
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 Placerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Placerville
of Placerville workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Idaho: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Placerville commutes less than 28 miles
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 Placerville: questions
What is the median household income in Placerville?
$63,125 (±$8,601) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Placerville?
3.3%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Placerville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boise City (22%, 28 mi), Idaho City (17%, 10 mi), Nampa (17%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Placerville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Placerville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Placerville
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.