Photo: NoeHill · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Loleta works elsewhere
65 jobs are based in Loleta, and 260 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Loleta for work; outside it, Eureka is the main destination (27%, 12 miles). The trip to work takes 33 minutes on average (California 29, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Loleta stands out on work
In and out of Loleta on a workday
On a workday 259 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Loleta on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer 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.
Commuting out of Loleta: the destinations
Where Loleta clocks in
27% of workers
20% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Loleta: what the 65 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loleta, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 65. 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 Loleta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Loleta
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loleta workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 211 commuters (the 21% 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 many miles Loleta commutes
About 18% 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 Loleta: questions
What is the median household income in Loleta?
$40,086 (±$24,728) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loleta?
16.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loleta?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loleta work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eureka (27%, 12 mi), Fortuna (20%, 6 mi), Arcata (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Loleta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loleta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loleta
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.