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Jobs & commute in Las Flores

Las Flores has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

Hardly any stay in Las Flores for work; outside it, Red Bluff is the main destination (14%, 8 miles). 3 jobs are based in Las Flores; 73 of its residents have a job. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where California as a whole has 17%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Las Flores quiets down on a workday

On a workday 73 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

73live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night84
Workday14
84live here− 73head out to work+ 3come in to work= 14on a workday

About 14 people are in Las Flores on a workday afternoon, 83% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Las Flores work

Orland: 2 residents work here (3%)Corning: 2 residents work here (3%)Red Bluff: 10 residents work here (14%)Shasta LakeChico: 4 residents work here (5%)Santa Rosa: 2 residents work here (3%)Concord: 2 residents work here (3%)San FranciscoSacramento: 4 residents work here (5%)Redding: 5 residents work here (7%)Las FloresGerberLos Molinos: 3 residents work here (4%)Durham: 2 residents work here (3%)Red BluffReddingChicoSacramentoLos MolinosOrlandLas Flores
1
Red Bluff8.3 mi away
14%10
2
Redding36.1 mi away
7%5
3
Chico28.1 mi away
5%4
4
Sacramento110.3 mi away
5%4
5
Los Molinos4.4 mi away
4%3
6
Orland22.6 mi away
3%2
7
Corning10 mi away
3%2
8
Santa Rosa116.1 mi away
3%2
9
Concord145.3 mi away
3%2
10
Durham36.1 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%37
The top trips

Where Las Flores clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Las Flores

Jobs based in Las FloresJobs Las Flores residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%29%
Trade, transport & utilities0%16%
Services: health, schools, offices100%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less67%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%34%
Over $3,333 a month0%56%

Who does it

29 or younger0%22%
30 to 5467%64%
55 and older33%14%
+200%

Jobs based in Las Flores, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 3. 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 Las Flores’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Las Flores

Working from home
0%

of Las Flores workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Las Flores gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 38 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.

How far

How far it is to work from Las Flores

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRed Bluff: 14% · 8.3 miRedding: 7% · 36.1 miChico: 5% · 28.1 miSacramento: 5% · 110.3 miLos Molinos: 4% · 4.4 miOrland: 3% · 22.6 miCorning: 3% · 10 miSanta Rosa: 3% · 116.1 miConcord: 3% · 145.3 miDurham: 3% · 36.1 miRed Bluff 14%Redding 7%Chico 5%Sacramento 5%Los Molinos 4%Las Flores
Las FloresTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi24 residents
12%10–24 mi9 residents
19%25–50 mi14 residents
36%Over 50 mi26 residents

About 36% 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.

Next door

Las Flores and its neighbors

Gerber: few work hereGerberLas Flores
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownLas Flores workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Las Flores–———$50,543
Gerberunder 3%——12 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Gerber: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Las Flores’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Las Flores: questions

What is the median household income in Las Flores?

$50,543 (±$41,039) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Las Flores?

0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Las Flores work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Red Bluff (14%, 8 mi), Redding (7%, 36 mi), Chico (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Las Flores without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Las Flores, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Las Flores

Las Flores home →

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.