Work & commute · Cutten

Work & commute in Cutten, CA

Most working residents leave Cutten for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Eureka (47%), Arcata (14%) and Myrtletown (5%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 1,174 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,139 Cutten residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 496 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cutten.

1,139live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

496work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cutten goes to work

Eureka2.4 mi away

47%546

Arcata7.6 mi away

14%161

Myrtletown1.7 mi away

5%56

Cutten (in town)right here

3%35

Fortuna12.3 mi away

2%29

McKinleyville13.3 mi away

2%27

Humboldt Hill4.1 mi away

2%21

Redding94.1 mi away

1%11

Sacramento208.1 mi away

1%9

Indianola4.6 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%271

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

How far

How far Cutten commutes

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

72%

11%

16%

72%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cutten is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cutten are

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

Jobs based in Cutten

531 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Cutten residents hold

1,174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+7%

Jobs based in Cutten, 2013 → 2023: 497 → 531. 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.