Standish Hall · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Litchfield
Hardly any stay in Litchfield for work; outside it, Arcata is the main destination (33%, 196 miles). 0% of workers work from home; California has 17%. No jobs are based in Litchfield in the Census job records; 6 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Litchfield
On a workday 6 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 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.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Litchfield goes to work
Where Litchfield clocks in
33% of workers
17% of workers
17% 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.
Working from home in Litchfield
of Litchfield workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 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.
The distance from Litchfield to work
About 100% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Litchfield workers work outside California. The job records count 17% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Litchfield: questions
What is the poverty rate in Litchfield?
27.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Litchfield work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arcata (33%, 196 mi), Fortuna (17%, 198 mi), Oakland (17%, 206 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Litchfield 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 Litchfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Litchfield
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.