FROLIC (brig) · Photo: Missvain · CC BY 4.0Most of Caspar commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
54 jobs are based in Caspar for 125 working residents. Hardly any stay in Caspar for work; outside it, Fort Bragg is the main destination (29%, 5 miles). Working residents average 42 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Caspar quiets down on a workday
On a workday 125 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Caspar on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 Caspar’s residents
Where Caspar clocks in
29% of workers
14% 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.
In Caspar, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caspar, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 54. 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 Caspar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Caspar: about 42 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Caspar workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 109 commuters (the 17% 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.
Where in the region Caspar works
About 31% 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 Caspar: questions
What is the poverty rate in Caspar?
6.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Caspar?
42 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Caspar work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Bragg (29%, 5 mi), Mendocino (14%, 4 mi), Ukiah (3%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Caspar without a car?
1% 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 Caspar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caspar
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.