Work & commute · Happy Camp

Work & commute in Happy Camp, CA

About one in 4 of Happy Camp’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Yreka (9%), Redding (4%) and Hornbrook (2%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

52 of 212 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 160 Happy Camp residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 242 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Happy Camp.

160live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

242work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Happy Camp goes to work

Happy Camp (in town)right here

25%52

Yreka39.7 mi away

9%20

Redding101.2 mi away

4%9

Hornbrook43.4 mi away

2%4

Willow Creek62.4 mi away

2%4

Mount Shasta65.3 mi away

1%3

Fortuna93.4 mi away

1%3

Eureka80.6 mi away

1%3

Chico164.3 mi away

1%3

Grants Pass, OR42.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%108

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

How far

How far Happy Camp commutes

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

27%

33%

37%

27%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Happy Camp is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Happy Camp are

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

Jobs based in Happy Camp

294 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Happy Camp residents hold

212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−3%

Jobs based in Happy Camp, 2013 → 2023: 302 → 294. 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.