Work & commute · Yreka

Work & commute in Yreka, CA

53% of Yreka’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Redding (4%), Weed (2%) and Happy Camp (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53%

1,551 of 2,937 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,386 Yreka residents head out of town to work, 1,551 work right here, and 2,746 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yreka.

1,386live here, work elsewhere

1,551live and work here

2,746work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yreka goes to work

Yreka (in town)right here

53%1,551

Redding80.9 mi away

4%106

Weed25.1 mi away

2%57

Happy Camp39.7 mi away

2%53

Medford, OR43.8 mi away

1%43

Mount Shasta32.3 mi away

1%37

Sacramento226.6 mi away

1%33

Grenada8 mi away

1%33

Chico142.3 mi away

1%30

Montague5.2 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%967

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

How far

How far Yreka commutes

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

58%

26%

58%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yreka is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Yreka are

4,297 jobs are based in Yreka. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yreka’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Yreka

4,297 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Yreka residents hold

2,937 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+24%

Jobs based in Yreka, 2013 → 2023: 3,477 → 4,297. 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.