Leggett draws 29 commuters a day, with 1.9 jobs for every working resident
30 jobs are based in Leggett; 16 of its residents have a job. Only 6% work in Leggett itself; outside it, Laytonville draws the most (13%, 18 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Leggett, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 15 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 38 people are in Leggett on a workday afternoon, 58% 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.
Where Leggett’s workers come from
Where Leggett clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 40% of the jobs in Leggett
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Leggett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Leggett
of Leggett workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 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 it is to work from Leggett
About 44% 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 Leggett: questions
What is the poverty rate in Leggett?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Leggett work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Laytonville (13%, 18 mi), Burlingame (6%, 173 mi), Dublin (6%, 178 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leggett without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 42% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leggett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leggett
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.