Work & commute · Talmage

Work & commute in Talmage, CA

Most working residents leave Talmage for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ukiah (31%), Santa Rosa (5%) and Willits (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 294 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 292 Talmage residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 361 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Talmage.

292live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

361work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Talmage goes to work

Ukiah2.4 mi away

31%90

Santa Rosa53.4 mi away

5%15

Willits21.4 mi away

2%6

Sacramento99.2 mi away

2%5

Lakeport14.4 mi away

1%4

San Francisco97.3 mi away

1%4

Healdsburg38.6 mi away

1%3

Petaluma67.9 mi away

1%3

Napa74.1 mi away

1%3

Hopland11.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%158

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

How far

How far Talmage commutes

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

54%

32%

54%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Talmage is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Talmage are

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

Jobs based in Talmage

363 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Talmage residents hold

294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+11%

Jobs based in Talmage, 2013 → 2023: 327 → 363. 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.