Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author. Photo fron CSU Chico archives · Public domainWith 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Forbestown works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Forbestown itself; outside it, Oroville draws the most (11%, 16 miles). 19 jobs are based in Forbestown, and 73 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Forbestown, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 73 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 36 people are in Forbestown on a workday afternoon, 60% 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.
The places Forbestown commutes to
Where Forbestown clocks in
11% 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.
84% of the jobs in Forbestown pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Forbestown, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 19. 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 Forbestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Forbestown
of Forbestown workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 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.
Forbestown’s commute, mile by mile
About 44% 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 Forbestown: questions
What is the poverty rate in Forbestown?
14.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Forbestown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oroville (11%, 16 mi), Oroville East (11%, 12 mi), Chico (8%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Forbestown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 37% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Forbestown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Forbestown
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.