Work & commute · Clearlake

Work & commute in Clearlake, CA

About one in 4 of Clearlake’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lakeport (6%), Santa Rosa (5%) and Lower Lake (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

1,085 of 4,344 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,259 Clearlake residents head out of town to work, 1,085 work right here, and 1,793 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clearlake.

3,259live here, work elsewhere

1,085live and work here

1,793work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clearlake goes to work

Clearlake (in town)right here

25%1,085

Lakeport16.5 mi away

6%252

Santa Rosa35.7 mi away

5%220

Lower Lake3.5 mi away

4%187

Clearlake Oaks4.4 mi away

3%123

San Francisco87.9 mi away

2%84

Ukiah33.2 mi away

2%69

Kelseyville10.6 mi away

1%64

Sacramento68.4 mi away

1%58

Middletown14.4 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,153

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

How far

How far Clearlake commutes

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

36%

16%

19%

29%

36%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clearlake is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clearlake are

2,878 jobs are based in Clearlake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clearlake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clearlake

2,878 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Clearlake residents hold

4,344 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+17%

Jobs based in Clearlake, 2013 → 2023: 2,456 → 2,878. 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.