Work means Yreka for about two in five of Grenada’s working residents
84 jobs are based in Grenada, and 106 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole. Hardly any work in Grenada itself; outside it, Yreka draws the most (44%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Grenada on a workday
On a workday 105 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
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 Grenada: the destinations
Where Grenada clocks in
44% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Grenada: what the 84 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grenada, 2013 → 2023: 539 → 84. 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 Grenada’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Grenada
of Grenada workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 117 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.
Where in the region Grenada works
About 34% 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 Grenada: questions
What is the median household income in Grenada?
$63,571 (±$36,315) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grenada?
15.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Grenada work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Grenada without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grenada, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grenada
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.