Most of Big Bend commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Big Bend itself; outside it, Redding draws the most (40%, 38 miles). 7 jobs are based in Big Bend, and 15 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Big Bend: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 59 people are in Big Bend on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer 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.
Where Big Bend’s working residents head each day
Where Big Bend clocks in
40% of workers
7% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Big Bend
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Big Bend, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 7. 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 Big Bend’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Big Bend
of Big Bend workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 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 Big Bend
About 40% 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 Big Bend: questions
What is the median household income in Big Bend?
$26,875 (±$18,699) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Big Bend?
31.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Big Bend work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Redding (40%, 38 mi), Scotts Valley (7%, 273 mi), Red Bluff (7%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Big Bend 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 Big Bend, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Bend
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.