Work & commute · Redway

Work & commute in Redway, CA

Most working residents leave Redway for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Garberville (5%), Sacramento (4%) and Eureka (4%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

25 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

49 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 142 Redway residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Redway.

142live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

367work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Redway goes to work

Redway (in town)right here

15%25

Garberville2 mi away

5%8

Sacramento165.3 mi away

4%7

Eureka50 mi away

4%6

Miranda7.7 mi away

2%4

Humboldt Hill46.1 mi away

2%4

Hayfork48.4 mi away

2%4

Red Bluff83.5 mi away

2%3

Arcata53 mi away

2%3

Manila53.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%100

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

How far

How far Redway commutes

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

31%

15%

49%

31%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Redway is a job hub

2.35jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Redway are

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

Jobs based in Redway

392 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Redway residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+9%

Jobs based in Redway, 2013 → 2023: 360 → 392. 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.