Work & commute · Gridley

Work & commute in Gridley, CA

Most working residents leave Gridley for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Oroville (10%), Yuba City (9%) and Chico (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

429 of 2,567 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 2,138 Gridley residents head out of town to work, 429 work right here, and 1,413 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gridley.

2,138live here, work elsewhere

429live and work here

1,413work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gridley goes to work

Gridley (in town)right here

17%429

Oroville11.7 mi away

10%246

Yuba City16.4 mi away

9%236

Chico28.1 mi away

9%223

Marysville15.8 mi away

2%63

Live Oak6.1 mi away

2%62

Richvale9.5 mi away

2%59

Sacramento56.3 mi away

2%53

Biggs3.4 mi away

1%26

San Francisco134.1 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,144

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

How far

How far Gridley commutes

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

31%

30%

16%

23%

31%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gridley is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gridley are

1,842 jobs are based in Gridley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gridley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gridley

1,842 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Gridley residents hold

2,567 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−9%

Jobs based in Gridley, 2013 → 2023: 2,016 → 1,842. 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.