With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Burnt Ranch works elsewhere
Only 2% stay in Burnt Ranch for work; outside it, Weaverville is the main destination (27%, 31 miles). 34 jobs are based in Burnt Ranch; 60 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 63% of workers; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Burnt Ranch
On a workday 59 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
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 out of Burnt Ranch: the destinations
Where Burnt Ranch clocks in
27% 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.
What Burnt Ranch’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burnt Ranch, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 34. 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 Burnt Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Burnt Ranch
of Burnt Ranch workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13 commuters (the 63% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Burnt Ranch
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.
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 Burnt Ranch: questions
What is the median household income in Burnt Ranch?
$49,226 (±$15,990) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burnt Ranch?
27.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Burnt Ranch work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Weaverville (27%, 31 mi), Salyer (12%, 6 mi), Redding (7%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Burnt Ranch 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 Burnt Ranch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burnt Ranch
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.