Work & commute · Fort Jones

Work & commute in Fort Jones, CA

Most working residents leave Fort Jones for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Yreka (19%), Etna (7%) and Redding (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 229 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 216 Fort Jones residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Jones.

216live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Jones goes to work

Yreka13.4 mi away

19%44

Etna10.8 mi away

7%16

Fort Jones (in town)right here

6%13

Redding75.9 mi away

4%9

Mount Shasta33.7 mi away

3%6

Klamath Falls, OR69 mi away

3%6

Medford, OR50.3 mi away

3%6

Eureka88.2 mi away

2%4

Santa Rosa218.6 mi away

2%4

Crescent City71 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%119

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

How far

How far Fort Jones commutes

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

23%

31%

40%

23%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Jones is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Jones are

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

Jobs based in Fort Jones

153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Fort Jones residents hold

229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+4%

Jobs based in Fort Jones, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 153. 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.