Photo: Arnaudh · CC BY 3.0Lakeport has 1.9 jobs for every working resident: 2,762 people commute in to work
Lakeport grades C− for jobs and income and A for walkability. 3,246 jobs are based in Lakeport, against 1,752 working residents. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 17.5 in Los Angeles.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lakeport
Commutes from Lakeport are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Lakeport is where the jobs are
Lakeport has 3,246 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
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.
Where Lakeport’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lakeport is better than 21% of U.S. towns, #709 of 847 in California. Household income holds Lakeport’s grade up ($68,518, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lakeport could be anywhere from D to B.
Commuting from Lakeport: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakeport workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,147 commuters (the 22% 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.
Lakeport by day and by night
On a workday 1,268 residents head out to work and 484 work right here.
About 6,600 people are in Lakeport on a workday afternoon, 30% more 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.
Who travels to work in Lakeport, and from where
Where Lakeport clocks in
6% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Lakeport
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakeport, 2013 → 2023: 2,910 → 3,246. 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 Lakeport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lakeport
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.
Lakeport is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lakeport is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #213 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.5% 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 1,469 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 21% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% 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). 7.1% of Lakeport households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lakeport’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,070th of 3,758: where Lakeport ranks among U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800
| # | 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,068 | Winchester NH | 4,281 | $68K | 14.1% | 5.7% | 14% | C− |
| 3,069 | Knox Township OH | 4,210 | $50K | 20.5% | 3.6% | 4% | C− |
| 3,070 | Lakeport CA | 5,059 | $69K | 12.9% | 6.3% | 28% | C− |
| 3,071 | Shelby Township MI | 4,143 | $68K | 17.6% | 5.4% | 11% | C− |
| 3,072 | Tarrant AL | 5,639 | $42K | 24.2% | 7.2% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | 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 Lakeport, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Around Lakeport: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to North Lakeport (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lakeport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeport | – | C− | A | 19 min | $68,518 |
| North Lakeport | 3% | D | C+ | 17 min | $64,125 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lakeport’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Lakeport: questions
What is the median household income in Lakeport?
$68,518 (±$8,926) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakeport?
12.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakeport?
19 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakeport work?
28% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ukiah (6%, 17 mi), Kelseyville (3%, 7 mi), North Lakeport (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lakeport walkable?
Lakeport is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 15.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lakeport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 21% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakeport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeport
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.