Photo: Foo39 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Catheys Valley commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% stay in Catheys Valley for work; outside it, Mariposa is the main destination (22%, 8 miles). Catheys Valley has 82 jobs, against 383 working residents. 5% of workers work from home; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Catheys Valley, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
53% 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 ↓
Catheys Valley is a place people come home to
There are 82 jobs based in Catheys Valley, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Catheys Valley has about 640 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 383 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Catheys Valley
About 53% 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.
How a workday changes Catheys Valley
On a workday 373 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Catheys Valley on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 Catheys Valley’s residents
Where Catheys Valley clocks in
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.
Goods jobs make up 37% of work in Catheys Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Catheys Valley, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 82. 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 Catheys Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Catheys Valley: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Catheys Valley workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 5% 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.
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 Catheys Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Catheys Valley?
$81,302 (±$23,495) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Catheys Valley?
11.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Catheys Valley?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Catheys Valley work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mariposa (22%, 8 mi), Fresno (4%, 47 mi), Merced (3%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Catheys Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Catheys Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Catheys 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.