Work & commute · Garberville

Work & commute in Garberville, CA

About one in 5 of Garberville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Redway (13%), Eureka (6%) and Miranda (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

38 of 173 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 135 Garberville residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 391 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garberville.

135live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

391work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garberville goes to work

Garberville (in town)right here

22%38

Redway2 mi away

13%22

Eureka51.8 mi away

6%11

Miranda9.2 mi away

6%10

Arcata54.7 mi away

4%7

Chico107.3 mi away

2%3

Santa Rosa128.3 mi away

2%3

Sacramento163.3 mi away

2%3

Etna104.9 mi away

1%2

Crescent City116.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%72

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

How far

How far Garberville commutes

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

48%

40%

48%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garberville is a job hub

2.48jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garberville are

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

Jobs based in Garberville

429 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Garberville residents hold

173 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−21%

Jobs based in Garberville, 2013 → 2023: 540 → 429. 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.