Work & commute · Etna

Work & commute in Etna, CA

Most working residents leave Etna for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Yreka (14%), Fort Jones (5%) and Mount Shasta (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

26 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 150 Etna residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Etna.

150live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Etna goes to work

Etna (in town)right here

15%26

Yreka22.9 mi away

14%25

Fort Jones10.8 mi away

5%8

Mount Shasta31.5 mi away

2%3

Red Bluff95.1 mi away

2%3

Chico130.3 mi away

2%3

Grants Pass, OR70.9 mi away

2%3

Fortuna88.6 mi away

1%2

San Francisco257.9 mi away

1%2

Sacramento213.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%99

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

How far

How far Etna commutes

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

37%

32%

28%

37%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Etna is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Etna are

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

Jobs based in Etna

279 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Etna residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−1%

Jobs based in Etna, 2013 → 2023: 283 → 279. 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.