Work & commute · Maxwell

Work & commute in Maxwell, CA

Most working residents leave Maxwell for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Colusa (8%), Willows (5%) and Chico (5%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 280 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 267 Maxwell residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maxwell.

267live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maxwell goes to work

Colusa11.3 mi away

8%22

Willows16.4 mi away

5%14

Chico38.9 mi away

5%13

Maxwell (in town)right here

5%13

Williams9.3 mi away

4%11

Sacramento62.7 mi away

4%11

Redding89.8 mi away

3%7

Yuba City31.3 mi away

2%5

Roseville58.6 mi away

2%5

Gridley27.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%176

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

How far

How far Maxwell commutes

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

19%

24%

12%

45%

19%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maxwell is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maxwell are

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

Jobs based in Maxwell

168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Maxwell residents hold

280 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−6%

Jobs based in Maxwell, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 168. 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.