Most of Johnson Park commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 20 minutes each way, where California has 29 and the U.S. 26. Johnson Park has 93 jobs, and 244 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Johnson Park; the top destination outside it is Burney (29%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Johnson Park in brief
Johnson Park and Burney trade workers both ways
Burney is the top workplace for Johnson Park residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Johnson Park come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Johnson Park are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 69 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 244 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Johnson Park’s residents
Where Johnson Park clocks in
29% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
About 20 minutes each way for Johnson Park’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Johnson Park workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 174 commuters (the 18% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Johnson Park
On a workday 237 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Johnson Park on a workday afternoon, 16% 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 2023, primary jobs.
68% of the jobs in Johnson Park pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Johnson Park, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 93. 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 Johnson Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Johnson Park commutes less than 12 miles
About 24% 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 Johnson Park: questions
What is the median household income in Johnson Park?
$46,086 (±$15,508) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Johnson Park?
30.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Johnson Park?
20 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Johnson Park work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burney (29%, 3 mi), Redding (11%, 46 mi), Fall River Mills (11%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Johnson Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Johnson Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Johnson Park
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.