Work & commute · Richvale

Work & commute in Richvale, CA

Most working residents leave Richvale for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Oroville (13%), Gridley (12%) and Yuba City (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 77 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

59%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 73 Richvale residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 417 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richvale.

73live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

417work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richvale goes to work

Oroville10.2 mi away

13%10

Gridley9.5 mi away

12%9

Yuba City25.8 mi away

8%6

Chico18.7 mi away

6%5

Sacramento65.8 mi away

6%5

Richvale (in town)right here

5%4

Biggs6.1 mi away

4%3

Live Oak15.6 mi away

4%3

Oroville East14.2 mi away

3%2

Lakeport70.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%29

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

How far

How far Richvale commutes

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

32%

30%

29%

32%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richvale is a job hub

5.47jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Richvale are

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

Jobs based in Richvale

421 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Richvale residents hold

77 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+16%

Jobs based in Richvale, 2013 → 2023: 363 → 421. 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.