Photo: NoeHill · CC BY-SA 3.0More than half of French Gulch’s working residents commute to Redding
Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average, next to 29 for California and 26 for the U.S. Home is the office for 29% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%. Only 1% work in French Gulch itself; outside it, Redding draws the most (54%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of French Gulch, and who commutes in
On a workday 96 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 89 people are in French Gulch on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.33 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The towns that employ French Gulch’s residents
Where French Gulch clocks in
54% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Services make up most of the work in French Gulch
32 jobs are based in French Gulch.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in French Gulch, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 32. 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 French Gulch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from French Gulch: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of French Gulch workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 35 commuters (the 29% 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.
Where in the region French Gulch works
About 23% 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 French Gulch: questions
What is the median household income in French Gulch?
$34,375 (±$19,648) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in French Gulch?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from French Gulch?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in French Gulch work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around French Gulch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from French Gulch, from the people who make the trip.
More of French Gulch
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.