Where Cobb earns its living
Only 5% work in Cobb; the top destination outside it is Santa Rosa (7%, 27 miles). At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%). The trip to work takes 32 minutes on average (California 29, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cobb: the figures worth knowing
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 ↓
Few Cobb workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 255 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Miles to work from Cobb
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.
The daily trip from Cobb: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cobb workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 248 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.
Cobb quiets down on a workday
On a workday 242 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Cobb on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.58 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 Cobb’s working residents head each day
Where Cobb clocks in
7% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Cobb
149 jobs are based in Cobb.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cobb, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 149. 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 Cobb’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 Cobb: questions
What is the median household income in Cobb?
$120,250 (±$17,427) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cobb?
5.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cobb?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cobb work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Rosa (7%, 27 mi), Lakeport (3%, 18 mi), Clearlake (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cobb 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 Cobb, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cobb
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.