Work & commute · Little River

Work & commute in Little River, CA

Most working residents leave Little River for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Bragg (17%), Mendocino (17%) and Redding (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
2 of 36 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
59%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 34 Little River residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Little River.

34live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
82work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Little River goes to work

Fort BraggWillitsOrlandLakeportUkiahCommerceArcadiaRocklinWalnut CreekReddingStocktonHoustonCleoneLittle RiverAlbionMendocinoFort BraggMendocinoReddingStocktonAlbionWillitsUkiahCommerceWalnut CreekLittle River
1
Fort Bragg11.8 mi away
17%6
2
Mendocino3 mi away
17%6
3
Redding117 mi away
6%2
4
Stockton160.7 mi away
6%2
5
Little River (in town)right here
6%2
6
Albion3.3 mi away
6%2
7
Willits24.9 mi away
3%1
8
Ukiah32.1 mi away
3%1
9
Commerce479.8 mi away
3%1
10
Walnut Creek133.3 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%12

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

How far

How far Little River commutes

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

36%Under 10 mi
28%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Little River is a job hub

2.33jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Little River are

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

Jobs based in Little River

84 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities1%
Services (health, schools, offices…)99%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month56%
Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Little River residents hold

36 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month39%
−31%

Jobs based in Little River, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 84. 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.

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