Most of Coffee Creek commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Coffee Creek; the top destination outside it is Weaverville (42%, 26 miles). 7 jobs are based in Coffee Creek for 31 working residents. Working residents average 35 minutes each way, next to 29 for California and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Coffee Creek, and who commutes in
On a workday 31 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 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.
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 Coffee Creek’s residents
Where Coffee Creek clocks in
42% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Coffee Creek
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coffee Creek, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 7. 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 Coffee Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coffee Creek workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 69 commuters (the 16% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Coffee Creek
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 Coffee Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Coffee Creek?
$76,250 (±$49,119) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coffee Creek?
6.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coffee Creek?
35 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coffee Creek work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Weaverville (42%, 26 mi), Trinity Center (6%, 7 mi), Lakeport (3%, 142 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coffee Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coffee Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coffee Creek
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.