Work & commute · Caspar

Work & commute in Caspar, CA

Most working residents leave Caspar for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Bragg (29%), Mendocino (14%) and Ukiah (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 125 Caspar residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caspar.

125live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caspar goes to work

Fort Bragg5.3 mi away

29%36

Mendocino3.5 mi away

14%18

Ukiah35.4 mi away

3%4

San Francisco120.5 mi away

2%3

Sacramento137 mi away

2%3

Willows86.3 mi away

2%2

Eureka100.9 mi away

2%2

Santa Rosa86.6 mi away

2%2

Albion9.8 mi away

2%2

Willits24.5 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%52

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

How far

How far Caspar commutes

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

58%

31%

58%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caspar 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 Caspar are

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

Jobs based in Caspar

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Caspar residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+80%

Jobs based in Caspar, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 54. 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.