Work & commute · Nice

Work & commute in Nice, CA

Most working residents leave Nice for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Lakeport (12%), Ukiah (7%) and Upper Lake (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

84 of 713 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 629 Nice residents head out of town to work, 84 work right here, and 445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nice.

629live here, work elsewhere

84live and work here

445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nice goes to work

Lakeport7.1 mi away

12%85

Nice (in town)right here

12%84

Ukiah18.8 mi away

7%50

Upper Lake3.8 mi away

7%48

North Lakeport4 mi away

3%21

Lucerne6.5 mi away

2%17

Santa Rosa47.7 mi away

2%15

San Francisco97.1 mi away

2%15

Sacramento84 mi away

2%14

Clearlake16.5 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%351

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

How far

How far Nice commutes

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

42%

17%

33%

42%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nice is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nice are

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

Jobs based in Nice

529 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Nice residents hold

713 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+13%

Jobs based in Nice, 2013 → 2023: 470 → 529. 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.