Bieber draws 123 commuters a day, with 3.1 jobs for every working resident
Bieber has 124 jobs, and 40 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Bieber for work; outside it, Alturas is the main destination (8%, 38 miles). The average commute, 29 minutes each way, matches the California norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Bieber
On a workday 39 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 350 people are in Bieber on a workday afternoon, 32% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Bieber: where workers come from
Where Bieber clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Bieber: what the 124 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Bieber’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way, about the CA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bieber workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 84 commuters (the 21% 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.
How far Bieber’s workers travel
About 77% 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 Bieber: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bieber?
7.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bieber?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bieber work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alturas (8%, 38 mi), Chico (5%, 102 mi), Rancho Cordova (5%, 177 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bieber without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bieber, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bieber
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.