Work & commute · Bend

Work & commute in Bend, CA

Most working residents leave Bend for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Red Bluff (28%), Redding (11%) and Chico (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 233 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 232 Bend residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bend.

232live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

99work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bend goes to work

Red Bluff5.9 mi away

28%65

Redding23.3 mi away

11%26

Chico40.1 mi away

4%10

Sacramento123.1 mi away

2%5

Anderson14.2 mi away

2%4

Corning22.6 mi away

1%3

Yuba City83.4 mi away

1%3

Richfield19.5 mi away

1%3

Willows51.2 mi away

1%2

Citrus Heights118.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%110

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

How far

How far Bend commutes

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

39%

19%

11%

30%

39%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bend is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bend are

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

Jobs based in Bend

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)82%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Bend residents hold

233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+10%

Jobs based in Bend, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 100. 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.