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Jobs & commute in Alderpoint

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Alderpoint works elsewhere

Hardly any stay in Alderpoint for work; outside it, Garberville is the main destination (21%, 10 miles). Alderpoint has 4 jobs for 38 working residents. 100.0% of residents are in poverty; California has 12.0%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

4 jobs based here
Poverty
100.0%
California 12.0%
Work in town
0%
0 of 38 working residents
Day and night

How a workday changes Alderpoint

On a workday 38 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

38live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night71
Workday37
71live here− 38head out to work+ 4come in to work= 37on a workday

About 37 people are in Alderpoint on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Alderpoint: the destinations

Burlingame: 1 residents work here (3%)FortunaGalt: 1 residents work here (3%)Arcata: 3 residents work here (8%)Eureka: 3 residents work here (8%)Rancho Cordova: 1 residents work here (3%)San Francisco: 2 residents work here (5%)Sacramento: 3 residents work here (8%)Redway: 4 residents work here (11%)Miranda: 2 residents work here (5%)AlderpointGarberville: 8 residents work here (21%)Day ValleyGarbervilleRedwayArcataEurekaSacramentoSan FranciscoAlderpoint
1
Garberville10.3 mi away
21%8
2
Redway11.2 mi away
11%4
3
Arcata54.1 mi away
8%3
4
Eureka52.4 mi away
8%3
5
Sacramento159 mi away
8%3
6
San Francisco176.9 mi away
5%2
7
Miranda11.8 mi away
5%2
8
Burlingame190 mi away
3%1
9
Galt180.2 mi away
3%1
10
Rancho Cordova167.7 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%10
The top trips

Where Alderpoint clocks in

21% of workers
10.3 mi awayGarberville8 Alderpoint residents work here · Jobs & commute →
11%Redway
11% of workers
11.2 mi awayRedway4 Alderpoint residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
54.1 mi awayArcata3 Alderpoint residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

Goods, not services: 75% of the jobs in Alderpoint

Jobs based in AlderpointJobs Alderpoint residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms75%8%
Trade, transport & utilities0%32%
Services: health, schools, offices25%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less25%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month75%34%
Over $3,333 a month0%53%

Who does it

29 or younger50%24%
30 to 5450%45%
55 and older0%32%
+33%

Jobs based in Alderpoint, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 4. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alderpoint’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

How many miles Alderpoint commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGarberville: 21% · 10.3 miRedway: 11% · 11.2 miArcata: 8% · 54.1 miEureka: 8% · 52.4 miSacramento: 8% · 159 miSan Francisco: 5% · 176.9 miMiranda: 5% · 11.8 miBurlingame: 3% · 190 miGalt: 3% · 180.2 miRancho Cordova: 3% · 167.7 miGarberville 21%Redway 11%Arcata 8%Eureka 8%Sacramento 8%Alderpoint
AlderpointTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
39%10–24 mi15 residents
3%25–50 mi1 residents
58%Over 50 mi22 residents

About 58% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Alderpoint: questions

What is the poverty rate in Alderpoint?

100.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Alderpoint work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Garberville (21%, 10 mi), Redway (11%, 11 mi), Arcata (8%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Alderpoint, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Alderpoint

Alderpoint home →
HandbookGetting around AlderpointRoads, buses, parking and the basics
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RankingsTop towns in CAShortest commutes, work from home & more

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.