Work & commute · Corning

Work & commute in Corning, CA

Most working residents leave Corning for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Chico (12%), Red Bluff (5%) and Redding (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

442 of 3,000 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 2,558 Corning residents head out of town to work, 442 work right here, and 1,699 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Corning.

2,558live here, work elsewhere

442live and work here

1,699work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Corning goes to work

Corning (in town)right here

15%442

Chico22.6 mi away

12%347

Red Bluff17.2 mi away

5%163

Redding45.4 mi away

4%119

Sacramento101.5 mi away

3%97

Orland12.6 mi away

2%66

Vina6.9 mi away

2%58

Richfield3.2 mi away

2%49

Oroville44.6 mi away

1%39

Yuba City62.2 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,581

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

How far

How far Corning commutes

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

29%

13%

30%

29%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Corning is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Corning are

2,141 jobs are based in Corning. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Corning’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Corning

2,141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Corning residents hold

3,000 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+16%

Jobs based in Corning, 2013 → 2023: 1,846 → 2,141. 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.