Work & commute · Palo Cedro

Work & commute in Palo Cedro, CA

Most working residents leave Palo Cedro for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Redding (50%), Anderson (3%) and Chico (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

61 of 886 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 825 Palo Cedro residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 730 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palo Cedro.

825live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

730work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palo Cedro goes to work

Redding6.1 mi away

50%447

Palo Cedro (in town)right here

7%61

Anderson8.6 mi away

3%31

Chico60.5 mi away

2%22

Shasta Lake10.1 mi away

2%20

Sacramento144.4 mi away

1%12

Bella Vista5.6 mi away

1%11

Red Bluff27.4 mi away

1%10

Mount Shasta52 mi away

1%5

Yuba City104.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%262

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

How far

How far Palo Cedro commutes

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

73%

19%

73%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palo Cedro is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Palo Cedro are

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

Jobs based in Palo Cedro

791 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Palo Cedro residents hold

886 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+33%

Jobs based in Palo Cedro, 2013 → 2023: 594 → 791. 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.