Work & commute · Grenada

Work & commute in Grenada, CA

Most working residents leave Grenada for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Yreka (44%), Weed (7%) and Chico (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 106 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 105 Grenada residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grenada.

105live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grenada goes to work

Yreka8 mi away

44%47

Weed17.4 mi away

7%7

Chico135.1 mi away

5%5

Mount Shasta24.6 mi away

2%2

Vacaville228.6 mi away

2%2

Redding74.3 mi away

2%2

Emeryville262.8 mi away

1%1

Williams173.2 mi away

1%1

Anderson83.1 mi away

1%1

Susanville129.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%37

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

How far

How far Grenada commutes

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

50%

14%

34%

50%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grenada is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grenada are

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

Jobs based in Grenada

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Grenada residents hold

106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−84%

Jobs based in Grenada, 2013 → 2023: 539 → 84. 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.