Work & commute · Cobb

Work & commute in Cobb, CA

Most working residents leave Cobb for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Rosa (7%), Lakeport (3%) and Clearlake (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 255 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 242 Cobb residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cobb.

242live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cobb goes to work

Santa Rosa26.9 mi away

7%19

Cobb (in town)right here

5%13

Lakeport17.7 mi away

3%8

Clearlake9.9 mi away

3%8

San Francisco78.4 mi away

3%7

Kelseyville11 mi away

3%7

Deer Park24.8 mi away

3%7

Middletown7.9 mi away

2%6

Calistoga19.1 mi away

2%5

Petaluma41.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%170

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

How far

How far Cobb commutes

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

21%

23%

22%

34%

21%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cobb is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cobb are

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

Jobs based in Cobb

149 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Cobb residents hold

255 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+77%

Jobs based in Cobb, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 149. 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.