Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainWork, pay and getting to work in Etna
4% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%). About one in seven stay in Etna for work; outside it, Yreka is the main destination (14%, 23 miles). The average commute takes 22 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
Etna by day and by night
On a workday 150 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Etna on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 the people who work in Etna live
Where Etna clocks in
14% 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.
Inside Etna’s 279 jobs
279 jobs are based in Etna.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Etna, 2013 → 2023: 283 → 279. 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 Etna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Etna workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 259 commuters (the 4% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Etna
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 Etna: questions
What is the median household income in Etna?
$49,063 (±$24,003) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Etna?
18.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Etna?
22 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Etna work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yreka (14%, 23 mi), Fort Jones (5%, 11 mi), Mount Shasta (2%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Etna without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Etna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Etna
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.