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Work & commute · Smith River

Work & commute in Smith River, CA

Most working residents leave Smith River for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Crescent City (18%), Brookings (10%) and Arcata (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
10 of 249 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
14 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 239 Smith River residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smith River.

239live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
111work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Smith River goes to work

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1
Crescent City11.3 mi away
18%45
2
Brookings, OR13.1 mi away
10%24
3
Smith River (in town)right here
4%10
4
Arcata73.4 mi away
3%8
5
Harbor, OR9.5 mi away
3%8
6
Redding131.5 mi away
3%7
7
Eureka77.7 mi away
2%5
8
Sacramento271.5 mi away
2%5
9
Grants Pass, OR54.5 mi away
2%5
10
Medford, OR72.3 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%127

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

How far

How far Smith River commutes

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

32%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
0%25–50 mi
37%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Smith River is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Smith River are

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

Jobs based in Smith River

121 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)40%
Trade, transport & utilities7%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less6%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Smith River residents hold

249 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+22%

Jobs based in Smith River, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 121. 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.

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