Earning a living in California Pines
Working from home is the commute for 25% of workers, next to 17% for California State as a whole. About one in ten work in California Pines itself; outside it, Alturas draws the most (30%, 8 miles). California Pines has 111 jobs, against 125 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through California Pines
On a workday 115 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 101 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places California Pines commutes to
Where California Pines clocks in
30% of workers
4% 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.
Most jobs in California Pines are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in California Pines, 2014 → 2024: 23 → 111. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs California Pines’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in California Pines
of California Pines workers work from home, vs 17% across California State. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 commuters (the 25% who work from home are left out). Across California State: 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 commute from California Pines, by distance
About 45% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 California Pines: questions
What is the median household income in California Pines?
$66,328 (±$59,419) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California State and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in California Pines?
22.5%, against 12.0% across California State and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in California Pines work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alturas (30%, 8 mi), Redding (4%, 106 mi), Sacramento (3%, 201 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around California Pines without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from California Pines, from the people who make the trip.
More of California Pines
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.