Work & commute · Willows

Work & commute in Willows, CA

About one in 4 of Willows’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Chico (7%), Orland (3%) and Sacramento (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

565 of 2,413 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 1,848 Willows residents head out of town to work, 565 work right here, and 1,848 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willows.

1,848live here, work elsewhere

565live and work here

1,848work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willows goes to work

Willows (in town)right here

23%565

Chico26.4 mi away

7%172

Orland16 mi away

3%82

Sacramento76.3 mi away

3%71

Yuba City39.9 mi away

2%52

Colusa24 mi away

1%35

Williams25.4 mi away

1%28

Redding73.5 mi away

1%27

Maxwell16.4 mi away

1%26

Santa Rosa78.7 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,333

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

How far

How far Willows commutes

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

35%

23%

14%

28%

35%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willows is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Willows are

2,413 jobs are based in Willows. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Willows’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Willows

2,413 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Willows residents hold

2,413 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−4%

Jobs based in Willows, 2013 → 2023: 2,503 → 2,413. 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.