Photo: Missvain · CC BY 4.0Anchor Bay has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 42 jobs in Anchor Bay, against 90 working residents. Only 4% work in Anchor Bay itself; outside it, Point Arena draws the most (10%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 86 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Anchor Bay to work: where people go
Where Anchor Bay clocks in
10% of workers
4% of workers
3% of workersLines 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 kinds of work in Anchor Bay
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Anchor Bay, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 42. 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 Anchor Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Anchor Bay
of Anchor Bay workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 284 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Anchor Bay
About 30% 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.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Anchor Bay: questions
What is the median household income in Anchor Bay?
$88,194 (±$68,777) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Anchor Bay?
4.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Anchor Bay work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Point Arena (10%, 10 mi), Talmage (4%, 31 mi), Eureka (3%, 141 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Anchor Bay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Anchor Bay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Anchor Bay
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.