Work & commute · Thermalito

Work & commute in Thermalito, CA

Most working residents leave Thermalito for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Oroville (31%), Chico (14%) and Oroville East (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

81 of 2,387 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,306 Thermalito residents head out of town to work, 81 work right here, and 312 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thermalito.

2,306live here, work elsewhere

81live and work here

312work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thermalito goes to work

Oroville2.4 mi away

31%743

Chico20.8 mi away

14%329

Oroville East6.3 mi away

5%127

Thermalito (in town)right here

3%81

Sacramento65.4 mi away

3%61

Yuba City26.3 mi away

2%52

Durham13.2 mi away

1%33

Roseville53.2 mi away

1%27

Richvale8 mi away

1%26

South Oroville3.8 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%882

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

How far

How far Thermalito commutes

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

46%

21%

27%

46%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thermalito is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thermalito are

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

Jobs based in Thermalito

393 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Thermalito residents hold

2,387 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+12%

Jobs based in Thermalito, 2013 → 2023: 351 → 393. 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.