Work & commute · Durham

Work & commute in Durham, CA

Most working residents leave Durham for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Chico (39%), Oroville (7%) and Yuba City (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

261 of 2,133 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,872 Durham residents head out of town to work, 261 work right here, and 1,870 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Durham.

1,872live here, work elsewhere

261live and work here

1,870work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Durham goes to work

Chico8.8 mi away

39%832

Durham (in town)right here

12%261

Oroville15.5 mi away

7%144

Yuba City35.7 mi away

2%36

Sacramento75.6 mi away

2%35

Paradise12.8 mi away

2%34

Butte Valley8 mi away

2%34

San Francisco147.8 mi away

1%24

Redding71.6 mi away

1%15

Roseville64.7 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%704

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

How far

How far Durham commutes

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

51%

21%

22%

51%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Durham is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Durham are

2,131 jobs are based in Durham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Durham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Durham

2,131 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Durham residents hold

2,133 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+26%

Jobs based in Durham, 2013 → 2023: 1,685 → 2,131. 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.