Work & commute · Orick

Work & commute in Orick, CA

Most working residents leave Orick for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Arcata (14%), McKinleyville (14%) and Eureka (9%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 77 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 77 Orick residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orick.

77live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orick goes to work

Arcata29.6 mi away

14%11

McKinleyville23.4 mi away

14%11

Eureka34.2 mi away

9%7

Trinidad16.4 mi away

8%6

Sacramento233.2 mi away

4%3

Westhaven-Moonstone17.5 mi away

4%3

Ukiah155 mi away

3%2

Red Bluff123 mi away

3%2

Roseville226.9 mi away

3%2

San Francisco252.3 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%28

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

How far

How far Orick commutes

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

30%

36%

34%

0%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orick is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orick are

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

Jobs based in Orick

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Orick residents hold

77 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+154%

Jobs based in Orick, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 33. 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.