Work & commute · Spring Valley

Work & commute in Spring Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Spring Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Clearlake (12%), Lakeport (6%) and Santa Rosa (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 235 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 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 233 Spring Valley residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Valley.

233live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Valley goes to work

Clearlake8.4 mi away

12%29

Lakeport18.3 mi away

6%15

Santa Rosa44 mi away

6%14

Lower Lake11.3 mi away

4%10

Ukiah33.6 mi away

4%9

Clearlake Oaks5.6 mi away

3%6

Kelseyville15.1 mi away

3%6

Lucerne9.9 mi away

3%6

Sacramento69.6 mi away

2%5

Petaluma57.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%131

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

How far

How far Spring Valley commutes

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

23%

29%

20%

29%

23%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Valley 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 Spring Valley are

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

Jobs based in Spring Valley

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Spring Valley residents hold

235 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+55%

Jobs based in Spring Valley, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 31. 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.