Work & commute · Soda Bay

Work & commute in Soda Bay, CA

Most working residents leave Soda Bay for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lakeport (18%), Santa Rosa (8%) and Kelseyville (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 378 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 375 Soda Bay residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Soda Bay.

375live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Soda Bay goes to work

Lakeport8.1 mi away

18%69

Santa Rosa38.7 mi away

8%29

Kelseyville3.6 mi away

7%27

Clearlake8.4 mi away

7%26

Ukiah24.9 mi away

3%12

Clearlake Riviera4.7 mi away

3%10

Clearlake Oaks6.6 mi away

2%7

San Francisco89.2 mi away

2%6

Eureka143.9 mi away

1%4

Napa55.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%184

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

How far

How far Soda Bay commutes

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

49%

11%

16%

24%

49%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Soda Bay is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Soda Bay are

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

Jobs based in Soda Bay

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Soda Bay residents hold

378 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−8%

Jobs based in Soda Bay, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 49. 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.