Pond Farm Pottery Historic District · Photo: MikeVdP · CC BY-SA 4.0At 7.3%, unemployment in Guerneville is higher than in 84% of U.S. towns
27% of workers have no commute at all, against 17% across California. The two grades for Guerneville are C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in seven work in Guerneville itself; outside it, Santa Rosa draws the most (13%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Guerneville, in a few figures
Home offices are common in Guerneville
27% of Guerneville workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Guerneville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 ↓
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.
Inside Guerneville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Guerneville is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #625 of 847 in California. Household income holds Guerneville’s grade up ($81,281, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Guerneville could be anywhere from D to B.
How long Guerneville spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Guerneville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,530 commuters (the 27% 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 far Guerneville’s workers travel
About 31% 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.
How many people are in Guerneville by day
On a workday 1,332 residents head out to work, 199 work right here, and 918 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Guerneville on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.73 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.
Out of Guerneville to work: where people go
Where Guerneville clocks in
13% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 28% of the jobs in Guerneville
1,117 jobs are based in Guerneville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Guerneville, 2013 → 2023: 1,115 → 1,117. 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 Guerneville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Guerneville commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Guerneville is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns, #582 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,104 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 70% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 8.6% of Guerneville households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Guerneville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,023 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500, Guerneville comes 2,759th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,757 | Worland WY | 4,730 | $63K | 10.7% | 3.1% | 55% | C |
| 2,758 | Mobridge SD | 3,192 | $65K | 18.3% | 0.9% | 46% | C |
| 2,759 | Guerneville CA | 4,100 | $81K | 10.0% | 7.3% | 13% | C |
| 2,760 | Nome AK | 3,653 | $114K | 8.8% | 9.0% | — | C |
| 2,761 | Blanchard LA | 3,360 | $75K | 12.5% | 8.5% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Guerneville, 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 Guerneville: questions
What is the median household income in Guerneville?
$81,281 (±$18,958) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Guerneville?
10.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Guerneville?
34 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Guerneville work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Rosa (13%, 16 mi), San Francisco (6%, 60 mi), Petaluma (3%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Guerneville walkable?
Guerneville is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Guerneville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Guerneville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Guerneville
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.