Work & commute · Salyer

Work & commute in Salyer, CA

Most working residents leave Salyer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Willow Creek (13%), Weaverville (12%) and Red Bluff (3%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 69 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 68 Salyer residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salyer.

68live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

150work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salyer goes to work

Willow Creek5.3 mi away

13%9

Weaverville35 mi away

12%8

Red Bluff85.2 mi away

3%2

Arcata26.2 mi away

3%2

Chico120.5 mi away

3%2

San Francisco219.5 mi away

3%2

Redding66.6 mi away

3%2

Lewiston41.2 mi away

3%2

Bullhead City, AZ630.9 mi away

1%1

Trinidad32.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%38

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

How far

How far Salyer commutes

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

16%

30%

48%

16%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salyer is a job hub

2.19jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Salyer are

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

Jobs based in Salyer

151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Salyer residents hold

69 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+1578%

Jobs based in Salyer, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 151. 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.