Douglas City ranks among the lowest-earning U.S. towns by household income
Household incomes here are among the lowest in the country. Below the poverty line: 28.5% of residents, next to 12.0% across California. Jobs and income earn Douglas City D−; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Douglas City: the figures worth knowing
Douglas City is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Douglas City, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A lot of Douglas City works one town over
34% of working residents work in a town that borders Douglas City: Weaverville (28%) and Lewiston (6%). Next door ↓
A big share show a job far from home
45% 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 ↓
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 216 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Douglas City
On income, poverty and job access, Douglas City is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Douglas City’s grade.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Douglas City’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Douglas City could be anywhere from D− to D.
Who leaves Douglas City for work, and who comes in
On a workday 213 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Douglas City on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.14 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.
Miles to work from Douglas City
About 45% 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.
28% of working residents work in Weaverville
Where Douglas City clocks in
28% of workers
8% 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.
Douglas City is a services town
31 jobs are based in Douglas City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Douglas City, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 31. 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 Douglas City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Douglas City’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Douglas City workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 252 commuters (the 13% 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.
Most trips from Douglas City start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Douglas City is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Douglas City near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 290 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.2% of Douglas City households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Douglas City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Douglas City and other U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 13 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,112 | Bombay NY | 1,252 | $30K | 29.5% | 12.6% | 2% | D− |
| 3,113 | Rarden Township OH | 1,024 | $37K | 34.5% | 11.3% | 1% | D− |
| 3,114 | Douglas City CA | 1,060 | $32K | 28.5% | 2.0% | 1% | D− |
| 3,115 | Vanceburg KY | 1,386 | $30K | 39.6% | 8.4% | 27% | D− |
| 3,116 | Simmesport LA | 1,400 | $30K | 37.6% | 13.6% | 17% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Douglas City, the top three, the last and three more from California.
34% of Douglas City works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Weaverville (28%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Douglas City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas City | – | D− | D− | 25 min | $31,827 |
| Lewiston | 6% | D− | C− | 32 min | $39,968 |
| Weaverville | 28% | D | A | 16 min | $65,787 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Douglas City’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Douglas City: questions
What is the median household income in Douglas City?
$31,827 (±$26,065) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Douglas City?
28.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Douglas City?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Douglas City work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Weaverville (28%, 7 mi), Redding (8%, 30 mi), Lewiston (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Douglas City walkable?
Douglas City is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Douglas City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Douglas City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Douglas City
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.