Work & commute · Red Bluff

Work & commute in Red Bluff, CA

About one in 4 of Red Bluff’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Redding (10%), Chico (4%) and Sacramento (2%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

1,509 of 5,546 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 4,037 Red Bluff residents head out of town to work, 1,509 work right here, and 4,634 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Red Bluff.

4,037live here, work elsewhere

1,509live and work here

4,634work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Red Bluff goes to work

Red Bluff (in town)right here

27%1,509

Redding28.2 mi away

10%539

Chico36.4 mi away

4%240

Sacramento118.4 mi away

2%123

Anderson19.3 mi away

2%120

Corning17.2 mi away

2%104

Yuba City78.9 mi away

1%62

Oroville59.2 mi away

1%45

Santa Rosa121.9 mi away

1%42

Rancho Cordova122.7 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,721

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

How far

How far Red Bluff commutes

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

42%

10%

18%

30%

42%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Red Bluff is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Red Bluff are

6,143 jobs are based in Red Bluff. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Red Bluff’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Red Bluff

6,143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Red Bluff residents hold

5,546 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+4%

Jobs based in Red Bluff, 2013 → 2023: 5,918 → 6,143. 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.