Work & commute · Redwood Valley

Work & commute in Redwood Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Redwood Valley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ukiah (28%), Willits (2%) and Santa Rosa (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 568 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 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 553 Redwood Valley residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Redwood Valley.

553live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

187work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Redwood Valley goes to work

Ukiah8.4 mi away

28%159

Redwood Valley (in town)right here

3%15

Willits12.2 mi away

2%13

Santa Rosa62.8 mi away

2%12

Sacramento105.1 mi away

2%9

Talmage9.7 mi away

2%9

Petaluma77.4 mi away

1%6

San Francisco106.9 mi away

1%6

Lakeport21.9 mi away

1%5

Hopland21.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%329

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

How far

How far Redwood Valley commutes

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

56%

11%

30%

56%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Redwood Valley is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Redwood Valley are

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

Jobs based in Redwood Valley

202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Redwood Valley residents hold

568 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−4%

Jobs based in Redwood Valley, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 202. 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.