Work & commute · Humboldt Hill

Work & commute in Humboldt Hill, CA

Most working residents leave Humboldt Hill for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Eureka (49%), Arcata (8%) and Fortuna (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 1,216 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,163 Humboldt Hill residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 761 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Humboldt Hill.

1,163live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

761work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Humboldt Hill goes to work

Eureka5.8 mi away

49%601

Arcata11.6 mi away

8%103

Humboldt Hill (in town)right here

4%53

Fortuna9.8 mi away

4%45

Myrtletown5.8 mi away

4%43

McKinleyville17 mi away

2%28

Cutten4.1 mi away

2%24

Sacramento207.9 mi away

1%14

Scotia17.5 mi away

1%14

Redding96.5 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%278

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

How far

How far Humboldt Hill commutes

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

66%

18%

16%

66%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Humboldt Hill is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Humboldt Hill are

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

Jobs based in Humboldt Hill

814 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Humboldt Hill residents hold

1,216 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−20%

Jobs based in Humboldt Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,023 → 814. 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.