Photo: David Eppstein · CC BY-SA 4.0Comptche has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
14 jobs are based in Comptche, against 40 working residents. Only 2% work in Comptche itself; outside it, Boonville draws the most (20%, 21 miles). At home: 100% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Comptche, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Comptche on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Out of Comptche to work: where people go
Where Comptche clocks in
13% 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.
The kinds of work in Comptche
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Comptche, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 14. 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 Comptche’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Comptche
of Comptche workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Comptche goes to work
About 48% 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 Comptche: questions
What is the poverty rate in Comptche?
37.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Comptche work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boonville (20%, 21 mi), Philo (13%, 16 mi), Redding (5%, 111 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Comptche, from the people who make the trip.
More of Comptche
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.