Jobs and earnings in Happy Camp, and the trip to work
About one in four work in Happy Camp itself; outside it, Yreka draws the most (9%, 40 miles). For 4% of workers, the job is at home (California 17%). A typical one-way commute lasts 12 minutes, against 29 across California and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Happy Camp in brief
Happy Camp’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Happy Camp is Yreka, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (20) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Happy Camp 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 ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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; with 212 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Happy Camp
About 37% 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.
Each way, about 12 minutes from Happy Camp
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Happy Camp workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 153 commuters (the 4% 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.
Happy Camp fills up on a workday
On a workday 160 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 242 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Happy Camp on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 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 Happy Camp: the destinations
Where Happy Camp clocks in
9% 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.
What Happy Camp’s employers do
294 jobs are based in Happy Camp.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Happy Camp, 2013 → 2023: 302 → 294. 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 Happy Camp’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 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 Happy Camp: questions
What is the median household income in Happy Camp?
$41,375 (±$18,115) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Happy Camp?
16.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Happy Camp?
12 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Happy Camp work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yreka (9%, 40 mi), Redding (4%, 101 mi), Hornbrook (2%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Happy Camp without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Happy Camp, from the people who make the trip.
More of Happy Camp
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.