Work & commute · Dorris

Work & commute in Dorris, CA

Most working residents leave Dorris for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (6%), Redding (5%) and Yreka (5%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

34 of 217 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 183 Dorris residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 179 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dorris.

183live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

179work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dorris goes to work

Dorris (in town)right here

16%34

Medford, OR54.2 mi away

6%12

Redding99.1 mi away

5%11

Yreka40.2 mi away

5%10

Klamath Falls, OR18.8 mi away

5%10

Sacramento235.9 mi away

2%5

Altamont, OR19 mi away

2%5

Alturas77.9 mi away

1%3

Ukiah206.1 mi away

1%3

Crescent City118.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%122

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

How far

How far Dorris commutes

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

21%

25%

47%

21%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dorris is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dorris are

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

Jobs based in Dorris

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Dorris residents hold

217 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+39%

Jobs based in Dorris, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 213. 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.