Work & commute · Loleta

Work & commute in Loleta, CA

Most working residents leave Loleta for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Eureka (27%), Fortuna (20%) and Arcata (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 259 Loleta residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loleta.

259live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loleta goes to work

Eureka11.5 mi away

27%70

Fortuna5.6 mi away

20%52

Arcata17.1 mi away

4%11

Scotia12.8 mi away

4%11

Humboldt Hill5.8 mi away

3%9

Sacramento205 mi away

2%5

McKinleyville22.7 mi away

2%5

Ferndale4.8 mi away

2%4

Myrtletown11.3 mi away

2%4

Santa Rosa171.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%86

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

How far

How far Loleta commutes

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

38%

41%

18%

38%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loleta is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Loleta are

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

Jobs based in Loleta

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Loleta residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−49%

Jobs based in Loleta, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 65. 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.