Work & commute · McKinleyville

Work & commute in McKinleyville, CA

Most working residents leave McKinleyville for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Arcata (25%), Eureka (25%) and Myrtletown (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,038 of 6,408 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,370 McKinleyville residents head out of town to work, 1,038 work right here, and 1,480 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McKinleyville.

5,370live here, work elsewhere

1,038live and work here

1,480work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McKinleyville goes to work

Arcata6.1 mi away

25%1,619

Eureka11.2 mi away

25%1,594

McKinleyville (in town)right here

16%1,038

Myrtletown11.6 mi away

2%112

Trinidad8.1 mi away

2%108

Fortuna25.4 mi away

2%99

Sacramento215.2 mi away

1%69

Humboldt Hill17 mi away

1%59

Cutten13.3 mi away

1%52

Redding93.3 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,607

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

How far

How far McKinleyville commutes

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

57%

27%

14%

57%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McKinleyville is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McKinleyville are

2,518 jobs are based in McKinleyville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McKinleyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McKinleyville

2,518 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs McKinleyville residents hold

6,408 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+22%

Jobs based in McKinleyville, 2013 → 2023: 2,071 → 2,518. 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.