Work & commute · Bertsch-Oceanview

Work & commute in Bertsch-Oceanview, CA

Most working residents leave Bertsch-Oceanview for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Crescent City (32%), Eureka (6%) and Redding (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

68 of 874 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 806 Bertsch-Oceanview residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 469 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bertsch-Oceanview.

806live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

469work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bertsch-Oceanview goes to work

Crescent City1.8 mi away

32%278

Bertsch-Oceanview (in town)right here

8%68

Eureka65.8 mi away

6%55

Redding124.3 mi away

2%18

Harbor, OR20.1 mi away

2%16

Brookings, OR23.2 mi away

1%13

Chico184.7 mi away

1%12

Smith River11.9 mi away

1%10

Grants Pass, OR63.6 mi away

1%9

Arcata61.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%387

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

How far

How far Bertsch-Oceanview commutes

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

59%

32%

59%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bertsch-Oceanview is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bertsch-Oceanview are

537 jobs are based in Bertsch-Oceanview. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bertsch-Oceanview’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bertsch-Oceanview

537 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Bertsch-Oceanview residents hold

874 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+41%

Jobs based in Bertsch-Oceanview, 2013 → 2023: 380 → 537. 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.