Most of Canby commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Poverty touches 92.1% of residents, next to 12.0% for California as a whole. Canby has 11 jobs for 44 working residents. Hardly any stay in Canby for work; outside it, Alturas is the main destination (36%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Canby on a workday
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Canby on a workday afternoon, 13% 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.
The towns that employ Canby’s residents
Where Canby clocks in
36% of workers
5% 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.
In Canby, 45% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canby, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 11. 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 Canby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Canby
About 42% 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 Canby: questions
What is the poverty rate in Canby?
92.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Canby work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alturas (36%, 18 mi), Yreka (5%, 92 mi), California Pines (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Canby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canby
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.