Work & commute · Magalia

Work & commute in Magalia, CA

Most working residents leave Magalia for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chico (26%), Paradise (13%) and Oroville (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

151 of 2,273 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,122 Magalia residents head out of town to work, 151 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Magalia.

2,122live here, work elsewhere

151live and work here

300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Magalia goes to work

Chico11.9 mi away

26%592

Paradise4.5 mi away

13%295

Magalia (in town)right here

7%151

Oroville22.5 mi away

6%135

Durham16 mi away

3%68

Sacramento86.8 mi away

2%55

San Francisco163.6 mi away

2%36

Butte Valley10.6 mi away

1%34

Yuba City47.6 mi away

1%32

Redding65.6 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%844

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

How far

How far Magalia commutes

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

21%

40%

32%

21%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Magalia is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Magalia are

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

Jobs based in Magalia

451 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Magalia residents hold

2,273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+10%

Jobs based in Magalia, 2013 → 2023: 409 → 451. 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.