Work & commute · Willits

Work & commute in Willits, CA

40% of Willits’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Ukiah (13%), Santa Rosa (2%) and Fort Bragg (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

655 of 1,658 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 1,003 Willits residents head out of town to work, 655 work right here, and 1,745 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willits.

1,003live here, work elsewhere

655live and work here

1,745work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willits goes to work

Willits (in town)right here

40%655

Ukiah19.5 mi away

13%218

Santa Rosa74.7 mi away

2%36

Fort Bragg24.3 mi away

2%26

Laytonville19.4 mi away

1%23

Brooktrails3.6 mi away

1%20

Lakeport34.1 mi away

1%17

San Francisco117.2 mi away

1%17

Clearlake49.1 mi away

1%14

Sacramento116.4 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%621

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

How far

How far Willits commutes

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

48%

25%

23%

48%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willits is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Willits are

2,400 jobs are based in Willits. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Willits’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Willits

2,400 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Willits residents hold

1,658 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+6%

Jobs based in Willits, 2013 → 2023: 2,257 → 2,400. 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.