Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 4.0Gasquet has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
There are 69 jobs in Gasquet, and 212 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Gasquet; the top destination outside it is Crescent City (29%, 13 miles). 0% of workers work from home; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Gasquet apart on work
29% of Gasquet works in Crescent City
62 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Crescent City, 13 miles away. That’s 15 times as many as work in Gasquet itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Gasquet workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 212 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Gasquet work
Where Gasquet clocks in
29% of workers
7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Gasquet
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Working from home in Gasquet
of Gasquet workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 150 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 a workday changes Gasquet
On a workday 208 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Gasquet on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Gasquet
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gasquet, 2014 → 2024: 13 → 69. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gasquet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Gasquet: questions
What is the median household income in Gasquet?
$48,750 (±$28,979) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gasquet?
27.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Gasquet work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crescent City (29%, 13 mi), Brookings (7%, 24 mi), Eureka (3%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Gasquet without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gasquet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gasquet
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.