Work & commute · Butte Valley

Work & commute in Butte Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Butte Valley for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chico (32%), Paradise (11%) and Oroville (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 406 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 387 Butte Valley residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 918 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butte Valley.

387live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

918work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butte Valley goes to work

Chico11.1 mi away

32%128

Paradise6.3 mi away

11%45

Oroville12.8 mi away

6%25

Butte Valley (in town)right here

5%19

Sacramento76.7 mi away

3%13

Durham8 mi away

2%10

Yuba City37.2 mi away

1%6

San Jose164.2 mi away

1%5

San Francisco153.6 mi away

1%5

Corning33.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%146

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

How far

How far Butte Valley commutes

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

24%

42%

25%

24%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butte Valley is a job hub

2.31jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Butte Valley are

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

Jobs based in Butte Valley

937 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Butte Valley residents hold

406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−1%

Jobs based in Butte Valley, 2013 → 2023: 947 → 937. 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.