Photo: Stepheng3 · Public domainJobs, income and commuting in Cazadero, CA
The average commute takes 31 minutes each way, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. Only 1% work in Cazadero; the top destination outside it is San Francisco (8%, 64 miles). 24% of workers work from home (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 95 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 56 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.
0.59 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.
Where people from Cazadero work
Where Cazadero clocks in
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 44% of work in Cazadero
57 jobs are based in Cazadero.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cazadero, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 57. 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 Cazadero’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Cazadero
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cazadero workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 195 commuters (the 24% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Cazadero
About 32% 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 Cazadero: questions
What is the median household income in Cazadero?
$96,806 (±$52,661) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cazadero?
3.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cazadero?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cazadero work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (8%, 64 mi), Santa Rosa (7%, 22 mi), Healdsburg (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cazadero 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 Cazadero, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cazadero
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.