Work & commute · Covelo

Work & commute in Covelo, CA

About one in 4 of Covelo’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ukiah (3%), San Francisco (2%) and Sacramento (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

80 of 291 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 211 Covelo residents head out of town to work, 80 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Covelo.

211live here, work elsewhere

80live and work here

176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Covelo goes to work

Covelo (in town)right here

27%80

Ukiah45.2 mi away

3%10

San Francisco143.7 mi away

2%7

Sacramento128 mi away

2%5

Williams74.5 mi away

1%3

Petaluma112.8 mi away

1%3

Napa115.7 mi away

1%3

Santa Rosa98.1 mi away

1%3

San Jose189.7 mi away

1%3

Willits27.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%172

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

How far

How far Covelo commutes

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

59%

34%

59%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Covelo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Covelo are

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

Jobs based in Covelo

256 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Covelo residents hold

291 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+24%

Jobs based in Covelo, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 256. 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.