Work & commute · Shasta Lake

Work & commute in Shasta Lake, CA

Most working residents leave Shasta Lake for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Redding (57%), Anderson (3%) and Chico (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

332 of 3,858 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 3,526 Shasta Lake residents head out of town to work, 332 work right here, and 1,305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shasta Lake.

3,526live here, work elsewhere

332live and work here

1,305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shasta Lake goes to work

Redding7.4 mi away

57%2,193

Shasta Lake (in town)right here

9%332

Anderson16.3 mi away

3%114

Chico70 mi away

2%60

Red Bluff35.5 mi away

1%54

Sacramento153.6 mi away

1%40

San Francisco206.7 mi away

1%27

Palo Cedro10.1 mi away

1%24

Cottonwood20.1 mi away

0%16

Weaverville29 mi away

0%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%982

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

How far

How far Shasta Lake commutes

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

67%

12%

17%

67%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shasta Lake is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shasta Lake are

1,637 jobs are based in Shasta Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shasta Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shasta Lake

1,637 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Shasta Lake residents hold

3,858 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+28%

Jobs based in Shasta Lake, 2013 → 2023: 1,275 → 1,637. 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.