Work & commute · Mendocino

Work & commute in Mendocino, CA

Most working residents leave Mendocino for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Bragg (15%), Ukiah (3%) and San Francisco (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

38 of 212 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

51 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 174 Mendocino residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 700 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mendocino.

174live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

700work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mendocino goes to work

Mendocino (in town)right here

18%38

Fort Bragg8.8 mi away

15%31

Ukiah33.4 mi away

3%7

San Francisco117 mi away

3%6

Sacramento135 mi away

2%4

Little River3 mi away

2%4

Santa Rosa83.6 mi away

1%3

Oakland136.1 mi away

1%3

Willits24.4 mi away

1%2

Clearlake66.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%112

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

How far

How far Mendocino commutes

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

46%

10%

40%

46%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mendocino is a job hub

3.48jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mendocino are

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

Jobs based in Mendocino

738 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Mendocino residents hold

212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+4%

Jobs based in Mendocino, 2013 → 2023: 710 → 738. 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.