Photo: Kglavin · CC BY 2.5Kelseyville’s household incomes are lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 23.1% of residents, next to 12.0% across California. For jobs and income Kelseyville is better than 2% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (B−). Home is the office for 0% of workers (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Kelseyville stands out on work
Few Kelseyville workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Kelseyville and Lakeport trade workers both ways
Lakeport is the top workplace for Kelseyville residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Kelseyville come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Kelseyville
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Kelseyville’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kelseyville could be anywhere from D− to C.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Kelseyville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kelseyville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,203 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.
15% of working residents work in Lakeport
Where Kelseyville clocks in
15% of workers
4% 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.
A workday in Kelseyville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 945 residents head out to work, 130 work right here, and 706 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 (0.78 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Jobs in Kelseyville: what the 836 are
836 jobs are based in Kelseyville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kelseyville, 2014 → 2024: 674 → 836. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kelseyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Kelseyville’s workers travel
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Kelseyville start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,203 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 88% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 39% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 0.0% of Kelseyville households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kelseyville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kelseyville next to U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | 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% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,107 | Hobart OK | 3,257 | $33K | 30.1% | 7.0% | 40% | D− |
| 4,108 | Wewoka OK | 3,046 | $38K | 28.5% | 11.2% | 26% | D− |
| 4,109 | Kelseyville CA | 4,011 | $46K | 23.1% | 12.3% | 12% | D− |
| 4,110 | Silver Springs NV | 5,060 | $49K | 19.6% | 11.0% | 3% | D− |
| 4,111 | Bunkie LA | 3,138 | $22K | 55.0% | 11.6% | 20% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Kelseyville, 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 2024, 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 Kelseyville: questions
What is the median household income in Kelseyville?
$45,663 (±$8,270) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kelseyville?
23.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kelseyville?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kelseyville work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lakeport (15%, 7 mi), Clearlake (4%, 11 mi), Ukiah (3%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kelseyville walkable?
Kelseyville is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kelseyville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 39% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kelseyville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kelseyville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.