Work & commute · Potter Valley

Work & commute in Potter Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Potter Valley for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Ukiah (22%), Santa Rosa (4%) and Willits (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

22 of 199 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 177 Potter Valley residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Potter Valley.

177live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Potter Valley goes to work

Ukiah12.8 mi away

22%43

Potter Valley (in town)right here

11%22

Santa Rosa64 mi away

4%8

Willits14.1 mi away

3%5

Lakeport21.7 mi away

2%3

Healdsburg49.8 mi away

2%3

Rohnert Park70.5 mi away

2%3

Napa82.8 mi away

2%3

Oakland117.1 mi away

2%3

North Lakeport19.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%103

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

How far

How far Potter Valley commutes

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

25%

42%

31%

25%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Potter Valley is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Potter Valley are

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

Jobs based in Potter Valley

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Potter Valley residents hold

199 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−18%

Jobs based in Potter Valley, 2013 → 2023: 169 → 138. 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.