Brooktrails has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Brooktrails report 84 jobs; 1,226 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Brooktrails B−; getting around on foot earns it D. Measured by household income, Brooktrails is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Brooktrails stands out on work
Brooktrails is a place people come home to
There are 84 jobs based in Brooktrails, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brooktrails has about 3,300 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Brooktrails and Willits trade workers both ways
Willits is the top workplace for Brooktrails residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Brooktrails come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Brooktrails workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Brooktrails
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brooktrails is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #459 of 847 in California. Household income holds Brooktrails’ grade up ($116,056, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brooktrails could be anywhere from C to A−.
A workday in Brooktrails: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,204 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Brooktrails on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
26% of working residents work in Willits
Where Brooktrails clocks in
26% of workers
15% 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.
How long Brooktrails spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brooktrails workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,038 commuters (the 3% 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.
The kinds of work in Brooktrails
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brooktrails, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 84. 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 Brooktrails’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Brooktrails
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.
Most of Brooktrails commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brooktrails is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #831 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 2,110 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). 1.1% of Brooktrails households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brooktrails’ commuters take a bus or train.
Brooktrails places 1,849th of 3,908 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,847 | Berlin Township OH | 3,390 | $74K | 11.5% | 3.1% | 5% | B− |
| 1,848 | Grand Bay AL | 3,553 | $62K | 3.2% | 5.6% | 3% | B− |
| 1,849 | Brooktrails CA | 4,398 | $116K | 5.4% | 4.6% | 2% | B− |
| 1,850 | Hebron IN | 3,775 | $74K | 6.3% | 5.8% | 5% | B− |
| 1,851 | Swansboro NC | 4,174 | $114K | 14.1% | 2.7% | 12% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Brooktrails, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work next door: 26% of Brooktrails’ workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brooktrails workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooktrails | – | B− | D | 29 min | $116,056 |
| Willits | 26% | C− | A+ | 14 min | $63,447 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Willits. Darker towns draw more of Brooktrails’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 Brooktrails: questions
What is the median household income in Brooktrails?
$116,056 (±$24,636) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brooktrails?
5.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brooktrails?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brooktrails work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Willits (26%, 4 mi), Ukiah (15%, 23 mi), Santa Rosa (3%, 78 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brooktrails walkable?
Brooktrails is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brooktrails without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brooktrails, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brooktrails
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.