Work & commute · Lakehead

Work & commute in Lakehead, CA

Most working residents leave Lakehead for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Redding (37%), Dunsmuir (9%) and Mount Shasta (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 92 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 89 Lakehead residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakehead.

89live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakehead goes to work

Redding23.1 mi away

37%34

Dunsmuir23.6 mi away

9%8

Mount Shasta29.2 mi away

3%3

Chico84.8 mi away

3%3

Lakehead (in town)right here

3%3

San Francisco222 mi away

2%2

Larkspur204.8 mi away

1%1

Grass Valley136.4 mi away

1%1

Anderson31.8 mi away

1%1

Mountain View242.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%35

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

How far

How far Lakehead commutes

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

50%

16%

26%

8%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakehead is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakehead are

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

Jobs based in Lakehead

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Lakehead residents hold

92 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−2%

Jobs based in Lakehead, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 48. 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.