Photo: Missvain · CC BY 4.0Work and commuting in Calpella
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%. Only 2% work in Calpella itself; outside it, Ukiah draws the most (27%, 6 miles). The trip to work takes 35 minutes on average, next to 29 for California and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Calpella
Calpella and Ukiah trade workers both ways
Ukiah is the top workplace for Calpella residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Calpella come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Calpella’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 35 minutes, longer than the California average of 29. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 ↓
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 264 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Calpella to work: where people go
Where Calpella clocks in
27% 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.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Calpella workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 314 commuters (the 0% 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.
How far Calpella’s workers travel
About 34% 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.
Calpella on a workday afternoon
On a workday 259 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Calpella on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
166 jobs are based in Calpella.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calpella, 2013 → 2023: 295 → 166. 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 Calpella’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Calpella: questions
What is the median household income in Calpella?
$86,912 (±$45,831) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Calpella?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Calpella?
35 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Calpella work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ukiah (27%, 6 mi), Santa Rosa (3%, 60 mi), San Francisco (3%, 109 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Calpella 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 Calpella, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calpella
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.