Work & commute · Lucerne

Work & commute in Lucerne, CA

Most working residents leave Lucerne for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lakeport (10%), Nice (8%) and Ukiah (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

64 of 796 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 732 Lucerne residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lucerne.

732live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lucerne goes to work

Lakeport8.4 mi away

10%82

Nice6.5 mi away

8%64

Lucerne (in town)right here

8%64

Ukiah24.1 mi away

6%44

Clearlake10 mi away

4%34

Santa Rosa42.6 mi away

4%34

Upper Lake10.3 mi away

3%24

San Francisco93.2 mi away

2%17

Clearlake Oaks6.4 mi away

2%13

Sacramento77.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%409

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

How far

How far Lucerne commutes

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

37%

18%

12%

34%

37%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lucerne is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lucerne are

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

Jobs based in Lucerne

260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Lucerne residents hold

796 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+23%

Jobs based in Lucerne, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 260. 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.