Work & commute · Lewiston

Work & commute in Lewiston, CA

Most working residents leave Lewiston for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Weaverville (31%), Redding (5%) and Sacramento (2%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 295 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 277 Lewiston residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lewiston.

277live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lewiston goes to work

Weaverville6.3 mi away

31%91

Lewiston (in town)right here

6%18

Redding25.4 mi away

5%16

Sacramento163.8 mi away

2%7

Chico83.7 mi away

2%6

Trinity Center20.7 mi away

2%6

Red Bluff47.3 mi away

1%4

Douglas City6.6 mi away

1%4

Lakeport114.7 mi away

1%3

Arcata66.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%137

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

How far

How far Lewiston commutes

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

39%

42%

39%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lewiston is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lewiston are

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

Jobs based in Lewiston

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Lewiston residents hold

295 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+31%

Jobs based in Lewiston, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 113. 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.