Work & commute · Forest Ranch

Work & commute in Forest Ranch, CA

Most working residents leave Forest Ranch for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chico (32%), Sacramento (5%) and Durham (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 330 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 317 Forest Ranch residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forest Ranch.

317live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forest Ranch goes to work

Chico12.2 mi away

32%107

Sacramento92.4 mi away

5%17

Forest Ranch (in town)right here

4%13

Durham19.1 mi away

4%13

Butte Valley15.7 mi away

3%11

Oroville28.3 mi away

3%10

Redding59.4 mi away

2%8

San Francisco166.8 mi away

2%7

Yuba City52.9 mi away

2%6

Roseville80 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%133

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

How far

How far Forest Ranch commutes

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

46%

40%

6%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forest Ranch is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forest Ranch are

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

Jobs based in Forest Ranch

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Forest Ranch residents hold

330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+71%

Jobs based in Forest Ranch, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 89. 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.