Work & commute · Dunsmuir

Work & commute in Dunsmuir, CA

Most working residents leave Dunsmuir for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Shasta (16%), Redding (9%) and Weed (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

107 of 605 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 498 Dunsmuir residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunsmuir.

498live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

146work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunsmuir goes to work

Dunsmuir (in town)right here

18%107

Mount Shasta6.7 mi away

16%99

Redding45.9 mi away

9%52

Weed13.8 mi away

6%36

Yreka38.9 mi away

6%36

McCloud7.1 mi away

5%30

Crescent City106.5 mi away

1%7

Eureka102.7 mi away

1%7

Medford, OR82.1 mi away

1%7

Sacramento188.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%219

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

How far

How far Dunsmuir commutes

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

46%

20%

26%

46%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunsmuir is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dunsmuir are

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

Jobs based in Dunsmuir

253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Dunsmuir residents hold

605 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+18%

Jobs based in Dunsmuir, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 253. 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.