Work & commute · Westhaven-Moonstone

Work & commute in Westhaven-Moonstone, CA

Most working residents leave Westhaven-Moonstone for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Eureka (20%), Arcata (19%) and McKinleyville (14%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 239 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 238 Westhaven-Moonstone residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westhaven-Moonstone.

238live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westhaven-Moonstone goes to work

Eureka16.7 mi away

20%47

Arcata12.1 mi away

19%45

McKinleyville6 mi away

14%34

Trinidad3 mi away

7%16

Fortuna31.2 mi away

2%5

Sacramento220.2 mi away

2%4

Myrtletown17.3 mi away

1%3

Orick17.5 mi away

1%3

Chico148.7 mi away

1%2

Vacaville216.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%78

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

How far

How far Westhaven-Moonstone commutes

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

33%

40%

23%

33%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westhaven-Moonstone is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westhaven-Moonstone are

27 jobs are based in Westhaven-Moonstone. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westhaven-Moonstone’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westhaven-Moonstone

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Westhaven-Moonstone residents hold

239 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−7%

Jobs based in Westhaven-Moonstone, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 27. 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.