Households in Bodega Bay earn more than those in 98% of U.S. towns
For 31% of workers, the job is at home; California has 17%. 2.1% of residents are in poverty, against 12.0% across California. Jobs and income earn Bodega Bay A−; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Bodega Bay, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
A lot of Bodega Bay works from home
31% of Bodega Bay workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Bodega Bay’s workforce skews older
38% of Bodega Bay’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
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 263 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Bodega Bay’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bodega Bay is better than 82% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Bodega Bay’s grade up ($182,898, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (18.1%) is left out: Bodega Bay’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bodega Bay could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
Where in the region Bodega Bay works
About 35% 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.
Time on the road from Bodega Bay: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bodega Bay workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 369 commuters (the 31% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Bodega Bay
462 jobs are based in Bodega Bay.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bodega Bay, 2013 → 2023: 367 → 462. 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 Bodega Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Bodega Bay
On a workday 236 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 435 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Bodega Bay on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The towns that send workers to Bodega Bay
Where Bodega Bay clocks in
7% 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.
Getting around Bodega Bay: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bodega Bay is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 34.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 535 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% 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). 0.0% of Bodega Bay households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bodega Bay’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Bodega Bay comes 297th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 15 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 295 | Greeley Township KS | 1,029 | $83K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| 296 | Waconia Township MN | 1,052 | $122K | 9.5% | 2.1% | 1% | A− |
| 297 | Bodega Bay CA | 1,139 | $183K | 2.1% | 18.1% | 10% | A− |
| 298 | Fruitport MI | 1,176 | $84K | 5.0% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| 299 | Paradise UT | 1,058 | $110K | 1.9% | 2.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Bodega Bay, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Bodega Bay
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bodega Bay workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodega Bay | – | A− | B+ | 25 min | $182,898 |
| Salmon Creek | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Salmon Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bodega Bay’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 Bodega Bay: questions
What is the median household income in Bodega Bay?
$182,898 (±$73,834) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bodega Bay?
2.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bodega Bay?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bodega Bay work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Rosa (7%, 19 mi), Sebastopol (5%, 12 mi), San Francisco (4%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bodega Bay walkable?
Bodega Bay is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 35% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bodega Bay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bodega Bay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bodega 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. 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.