Butte Valley has 2.3 jobs for every working resident: 918 people commute in to work
At home: 25% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%). There are 937 jobs in Butte Valley, and 406 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Butte Valley is better than 23% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Butte Valley, in a few figures
Butte Valley and Chico trade workers both ways
Chico is the top workplace for Butte Valley residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Butte Valley come from (45% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Butte Valley is where the jobs are
Butte Valley has 937 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,600 people are in town, 49% more than the 1,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Butte Valley
25% of Butte Valley workers work from home, against 17% across California. 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; with 406 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Butte Valley’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income holds Butte Valley’s grade up ($97,934, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (31.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Butte Valley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Butte Valley could be anywhere from D− to A−.
Who travels to work in Butte Valley, and from where
Where Butte Valley clocks in
32% of workers
6% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Butte Valley
On a workday 387 residents head out to work and 19 work right here.
About 1,600 people are in Butte Valley on a workday afternoon, 49% 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.
The trip to work from Butte Valley: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Butte Valley workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 308 commuters (the 25% 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.
Most jobs in Butte Valley are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Butte Valley, 2013 → 2023: 947 → 937. 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 Butte Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Butte Valley
About 25% 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 Butte Valley commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 412 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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 Butte Valley households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Butte Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Butte Valley ranks: 2,427th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,425 | Jackson Township OH | 1,062 | $64K | 9.0% | 2.3% | 1% | C− |
| 2,426 | Fairlee VT | 1,048 | $75K | 14.7% | 0.7% | 14% | C− |
| 2,427 | Butte Valley CA | 1,087 | $98K | 31.2% | 0.0% | 5% | C− |
| 2,428 | Cambridge NE | 1,066 | $62K | 7.9% | 0.0% | 15% | C− |
| 2,429 | Forest OH | 1,332 | $56K | 11.5% | 2.5% | 9% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Butte Valley, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Butte Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Butte Valley?
$97,934 (±$85,170) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Butte Valley?
31.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Butte Valley?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Butte Valley work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chico (32%, 11 mi), Paradise (11%, 6 mi), Oroville (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Butte Valley walkable?
Butte Valley is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Butte Valley 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 Butte Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Butte Valley
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.