Work & commute · Lake California

Work & commute in Lake California, CA

Most working residents leave Lake California for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Redding (31%), Red Bluff (7%) and Anderson (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 1,412 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,392 Lake California residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake California.

1,392live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake California goes to work

Redding16.8 mi away

31%432

Red Bluff12.9 mi away

7%103

Anderson7.8 mi away

6%81

Chico46.3 mi away

4%60

Sacramento129.9 mi away

3%39

Cottonwood6 mi away

2%31

Lake California (in town)right here

1%20

Roseville119.5 mi away

1%17

Shasta Lake23.8 mi away

1%14

Corning29.8 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%603

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

How far

How far Lake California commutes

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

16%

47%

31%

16%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake California is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake California are

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

Jobs based in Lake California

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Lake California residents hold

1,412 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+93%

Jobs based in Lake California, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 79. 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.