At 9.3%, unemployment in Bayview is higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Bayview is behind 90% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Bayview are D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Bayview: the gist
Nearly half of Bayview works in Eureka
477 working residents, 48%, have their main job in Eureka, 2.7 miles away across the town line. That’s 24 times as many as work in Bayview itself. The commute map ↓
Bayview is a place people come home to
There are 157 jobs based in Bayview, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bayview has about 2,000 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Bayview residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 996 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Bayview
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bayview is better than 9% of U.S. towns, #794 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Bayview’s grade up (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bayview could be anywhere from D− to B.
48% of working residents work in Eureka
Where Bayview clocks in
48% of workers
12% of workers
4% 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 daily commute in and out of Bayview
On a workday 978 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Bayview on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Bayview’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Bayview
157 jobs are based in Bayview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bayview, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 157. 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 Bayview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 16 minutes from Bayview
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bayview workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 988 commuters (the 7% 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.
For most of Bayview, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bayview is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #525 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,066 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 55% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.4% of Bayview households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bayview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800, Bayview ranks 4,223rd of 4,703 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,221 | Llano TX | 3,587 | $48K | 14.8% | 6.1% | 33% | D |
| 4,222 | Ladonia AL | 3,346 | $53K | 16.0% | 10.7% | 2% | D |
| 4,223 | Bayview CA | 2,803 | $48K | 22.9% | 9.3% | 2% | D |
| 4,224 | Country Squire Lakes IN | 3,057 | $57K | 23.9% | 9.7% | <1% | D |
| 4,225 | Stevenson AL | 2,000 | $54K | 17.0% | 5.4% | 10% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bayview, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work next door: 48% of Bayview’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bayview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayview | – | D | B+ | 16 min | $48,406 |
| Eureka | 48% | C− | A+ | 16 min | $57,662 |
| Pine Hills | under 1% | B− | C | 19 min | $78,393 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Eureka. Darker towns draw more of Bayview’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bayview: questions
What is the median household income in Bayview?
$48,406 (±$21,748) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bayview?
22.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bayview?
16 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bayview work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eureka (48%, 3 mi), Arcata (12%, 9 mi), Fortuna (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bayview walkable?
Bayview is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 13.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bayview without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 55% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bayview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bayview
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.