Work & commute · Lakeport

Work & commute in Lakeport, CA

About one in 4 of Lakeport’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ukiah (6%), Kelseyville (3%) and North Lakeport (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

484 of 1,752 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,268 Lakeport residents head out of town to work, 484 work right here, and 2,762 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakeport.

1,268live here, work elsewhere

484live and work here

2,762work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakeport goes to work

Lakeport (in town)right here

28%484

Ukiah16.9 mi away

6%109

Kelseyville6.8 mi away

3%61

North Lakeport3.4 mi away

3%60

Clearlake16.5 mi away

3%56

Santa Rosa42.6 mi away

3%53

Upper Lake8.8 mi away

3%52

Nice7.1 mi away

3%44

San Francisco90.8 mi away

2%28

Sacramento84.8 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%785

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

How far

How far Lakeport commutes

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

49%

18%

24%

49%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakeport is a job hub

1.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakeport are

3,246 jobs are based in Lakeport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lakeport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lakeport

3,246 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Lakeport residents hold

1,752 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+12%

Jobs based in Lakeport, 2013 → 2023: 2,910 → 3,246. 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.