Work & commute · Anderson

Work & commute in Anderson, CA

Most working residents leave Anderson for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Redding (43%), Red Bluff (3%) and Chico (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

517 of 3,884 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,367 Anderson residents head out of town to work, 517 work right here, and 3,392 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Anderson.

3,367live here, work elsewhere

517live and work here

3,392work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Anderson goes to work

Redding9.1 mi away

43%1,681

Anderson (in town)right here

13%517

Red Bluff19.3 mi away

3%103

Chico54 mi away

2%72

Cottonwood4.2 mi away

2%66

Sacramento137.3 mi away

2%63

Shasta Lake16.3 mi away

1%44

San Francisco192.2 mi away

1%24

Corning36.5 mi away

1%23

Eureka100.4 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,268

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Anderson commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

54%

24%

20%

54%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Anderson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Anderson are

3,909 jobs are based in Anderson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anderson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Anderson

3,909 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Anderson residents hold

3,884 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+34%

Jobs based in Anderson, 2013 → 2023: 2,911 → 3,909. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.