Work & commute · Upper Lake

Work & commute in Upper Lake, CA

Most working residents leave Upper Lake for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Lakeport (12%), Ukiah (10%) and Nice (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

46 of 322 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 276 Upper Lake residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 449 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Lake.

276live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

449work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Lake goes to work

Upper Lake (in town)right here

14%46

Lakeport8.8 mi away

12%39

Ukiah16.1 mi away

10%31

Nice3.8 mi away

9%28

Santa Rosa50.8 mi away

5%15

Clearlake20.3 mi away

3%9

Cloverdale26.2 mi away

2%5

Kelseyville14.1 mi away

2%5

Lucerne10.3 mi away

2%5

Fort Bragg51.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%135

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

How far

How far Upper Lake commutes

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

46%

27%

19%

46%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Lake is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Lake are

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

Jobs based in Upper Lake

495 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Upper Lake residents hold

322 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+6%

Jobs based in Upper Lake, 2013 → 2023: 467 → 495. 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.