Chico draws more than half of Cohasset’s working residents
Working residents average 41 minutes each way, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. Hardly any work in Cohasset; the top destination outside it is Chico (52%, 11 miles). 10% of workers have no commute at all, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Cohasset stands out on work
Cohasset is a place people come home to
There are 28 jobs based in Cohasset, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cohasset has about 290 people in it, 50% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Cohasset workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 312 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Cohasset goes to work
Where Cohasset clocks in
52% 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.
How a workday changes Cohasset
On a workday 312 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Cohasset on a workday afternoon, 50% fewer than live here.
0.09 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.
Time on the road from Cohasset: about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cohasset workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 158 commuters (the 10% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 36% of the jobs in Cohasset
28 jobs are based in Cohasset.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cohasset, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 28. 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 Cohasset’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Cohasset to work
About 28% 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 Cohasset: questions
What is the median household income in Cohasset?
$79,674 (±$5,618) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cohasset?
2.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cohasset?
41 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cohasset work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Cohasset 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 Cohasset, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cohasset
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.