Hoopa’s household incomes are lower than in 66% of U.S. towns
Hoopa grades D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 21.5% of residents are in poverty; California has 12.0%. About two in three work in Hoopa itself; outside it, Eureka draws the most (7%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hoopa at work: what stands out
Most jobs in Hoopa go to people who live here
Of the 838 jobs based in Hoopa, 59% are held by Hoopa residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Hoopa are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
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 747 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Hoopa’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Hoopa’s grade up ($64,643, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (11.7%) is left out: Hoopa’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hoopa could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Hoopa on a workday afternoon
On a workday 255 residents head out to work, 492 work right here, and 346 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 (1.12 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.
Hoopa’s commute takes about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hoopa workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 655 commuters (the 11% 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 Hoopa goes to work
Where Hoopa clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workers
2% 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.
Most jobs in Hoopa are in services
838 jobs are based in Hoopa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hoopa, 2013 → 2023: 826 → 838. 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 Hoopa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Hoopa commutes
About 15% 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.
Most trips from Hoopa start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hoopa is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 738 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.1% of Hoopa households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hoopa’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hoopa and other U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Rolling Hills CA | 1,641 | $250K | 5.5% | 5.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 74 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,606 | Warden WA | 2,830 | $58K | 20.9% | 8.1% | 18% | D |
| 4,607 | Indianfields Township MI | 2,463 | $57K | 33.3% | 4.8% | 3% | D |
| 4,608 | Hoopa CA | 2,233 | $65K | 21.5% | 11.7% | 66% | D |
| 4,609 | Grove Hill AL | 1,708 | $59K | 18.2% | 7.7% | 13% | D |
| 4,610 | Jasonville IN | 1,952 | $41K | 14.8% | 10.4% | 7% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Hoopa, 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 Hoopa: questions
What is the median household income in Hoopa?
$64,643 (±$19,871) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hoopa?
21.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hoopa?
14 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hoopa work?
66% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eureka (7%, 31 mi), Arcata (4%, 25 mi), Willow Creek (2%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hoopa walkable?
Hoopa is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hoopa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hoopa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hoopa
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.