Work & commute · Bayview

Work & commute in Bayview, CA

Most working residents leave Bayview for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Eureka (48%), Arcata (12%) and Fortuna (4%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 996 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 978 Bayview residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bayview.

978live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bayview goes to work

Eureka2.7 mi away

48%477

Arcata8.6 mi away

12%117

Fortuna12.5 mi away

4%36

Myrtletown3 mi away

3%30

McKinleyville13.9 mi away

2%19

Bayview (in town)right here

2%18

Cutten1.8 mi away

2%16

Humboldt Hill3.1 mi away

2%15

Sacramento209.4 mi away

1%10

Redding95.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%250

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

How far

How far Bayview commutes

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

68%

14%

16%

68%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bayview is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bayview are

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

Jobs based in Bayview

157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Bayview residents hold

996 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+9%

Jobs based in Bayview, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 157. 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.