Work & commute · Hidden Valley Lake

Work & commute in Hidden Valley Lake, CA

Most working residents leave Hidden Valley Lake for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Rosa (10%), Middletown (9%) and Clearlake (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

186 of 2,203 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,017 Hidden Valley Lake residents head out of town to work, 186 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hidden Valley Lake.

2,017live here, work elsewhere

186live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hidden Valley Lake goes to work

Santa Rosa26 mi away

10%216

Middletown5.1 mi away

9%203

Hidden Valley Lake (in town)right here

8%186

Clearlake11.8 mi away

6%128

Calistoga15.3 mi away

5%102

Lakeport25.8 mi away

3%63

St. Helena20.5 mi away

2%51

Lower Lake8.3 mi away

2%46

Rohnert Park32.4 mi away

2%34

San Francisco78.7 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,146

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

How far

How far Hidden Valley Lake commutes

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

32%

28%

20%

32%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hidden Valley Lake is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hidden Valley Lake are

423 jobs are based in Hidden Valley Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hidden Valley Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hidden Valley Lake

423 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Hidden Valley Lake residents hold

2,203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−36%

Jobs based in Hidden Valley Lake, 2013 → 2023: 664 → 423. 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.