Most of Fort Dick commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 117 jobs in Fort Dick, against 264 working residents. Jobs and income earn Fort Dick C−; getting around on foot earns it A−. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 17.5 in Los Angeles.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Fort Dick: the gist
Commutes from Fort Dick are quick
The average trip to work takes 12 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 130 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Fort Dick and Crescent City trade workers both ways
Crescent City is the top workplace for Fort Dick residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Fort Dick come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Fort Dick residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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 264 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Fort Dick’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Fort Dick is better than 19% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Fort Dick’s grade up ($70,610, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (13.2%) is left out: Fort Dick’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Fort Dick could be anywhere from D to B.
Getting to work from Fort Dick takes about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fort Dick workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 297 commuters (the 15% 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.
32% of working residents work in Crescent City
Where Fort Dick clocks in
32% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
The distance from Fort Dick to work
About 33% 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 daily commute in and out of Fort Dick
On a workday 258 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Fort Dick 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.
Jobs in Fort Dick: what the 117 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fort Dick, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 117. 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 Dick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fort Dick is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fort Dick is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Fort Dick 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 349 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 80% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 80% 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). 0.0% of Fort Dick households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fort Dick’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,400 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,800, Fort Dick comes 3,753rd on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 19 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,751 | Greenwood WI | 1,079 | $65K | 13.7% | 3.7% | 8% | C− |
| 3,752 | Preston Township PA | 1,013 | $71K | 11.8% | 1.8% | 7% | C− |
| 3,753 | Fort Dick CA | 1,365 | $71K | 15.6% | 13.2% | 2% | C− |
| 3,754 | Gadsden SC | 1,443 | $53K | 29.0% | 15.2% | <1% | C− |
| 3,755 | Celoron NY | 1,049 | $52K | 16.6% | 5.8% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Fort Dick, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Dick: questions
What is the median household income in Fort Dick?
$70,610 (±$13,904) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fort Dick?
15.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fort Dick?
12 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fort Dick work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crescent City (32%, 8 mi), Eureka (6%, 74 mi), Brookings (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fort Dick walkable?
Fort Dick is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fort Dick without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 80% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fort Dick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fort Dick
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.