With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Fort Bidwell works elsewhere
There are 9 jobs in Fort Bidwell, against 29 working residents. Hardly any work in Fort Bidwell; the top destination outside it is Alturas (24%, 33 miles). Commuters spend 78 minutes getting to work on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fort Bidwell on a workday afternoon
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Fort Bidwell on a workday afternoon, 11% 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.
Commuting out of Fort Bidwell: the destinations
Where Fort Bidwell clocks in
24% of workers
10% 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.
Fort Bidwell works in goods: 33% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fort Bidwell, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 9. 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 Fort Bidwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 78 minutes each way for Fort Bidwell’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 24.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fort Bidwell workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 commuters (the 22% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Fort Bidwell
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 Fort Bidwell: questions
What is the poverty rate in Fort Bidwell?
17.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fort Bidwell?
78 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fort Bidwell work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alturas (24%, 33 mi), Cedarville (24%, 23 mi), Redding (10%, 145 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fort Bidwell 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 Fort Bidwell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fort Bidwell
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.