Photo: Astronomy1 · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Fall River Mills has 2.8 jobs per working resident, and 378 people come in to work
There are 413 jobs in Fall River Mills; 148 of its residents have a job. About one in four work in Fall River Mills; the top destination outside it is Burney (14%, 15 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fall River Mills by day and by night
On a workday 113 residents head out to work and 35 work right here.
About 710 people are in Fall River Mills on a workday afternoon, 60% more 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.
Commuting in to Fall River Mills: where workers come from
Where Fall River Mills clocks in
14% of workers
6% 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.
Fall River Mills is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fall River Mills, 2013 → 2023: 369 → 413. 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 Fall River Mills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Fall River Mills
of Fall River Mills workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 commuters (the 0% 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.
How far Fall River Mills goes to work
About 41% 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.
The towns around Fall River Mills
The biggest share goes to McArthur (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fall River Mills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall River Mills | – | — | — | — | $44,276 |
| McArthur | 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. McArthur: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fall River Mills’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 Fall River Mills: questions
What is the median household income in Fall River Mills?
$44,276 (±$39,839) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fall River Mills?
30.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fall River Mills work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burney (14%, 15 mi), Redding (6%, 57 mi), McArthur (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fall River Mills 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 Fall River Mills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fall River Mills
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.