Work & commute · Gerber

Work & commute in Gerber, CA

Most working residents leave Gerber for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Red Bluff (16%), Chico (7%) and Redding (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 380 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 375 Gerber residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gerber.

375live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

159work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gerber goes to work

Red Bluff9.2 mi away

16%62

Chico27.3 mi away

7%25

Redding37 mi away

6%23

Corning9.4 mi away

5%18

Sacramento109.4 mi away

3%10

Yuba City69.8 mi away

2%7

Richfield6.2 mi away

2%7

Gerber (in town)right here

1%5

Citrus Heights105 mi away

1%4

Rancho Cordova113.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%215

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

How far

How far Gerber commutes

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

40%

10%

16%

34%

40%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gerber is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gerber are

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

Jobs based in Gerber

164 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Gerber residents hold

380 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+16%

Jobs based in Gerber, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 164. 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.