Most of Macdoel commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 2 jobs in Macdoel for 19 working residents. Hardly any work in Macdoel; the top destination outside it is Redding (11%, 89 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 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.
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 Macdoel’s working residents head each day
Where Macdoel clocks in
11% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
In Macdoel, 50% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Macdoel, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 2. 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 Macdoel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Macdoel, about 15 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Macdoel workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 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 Macdoel to work
About 63% 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 Macdoel: questions
What is the poverty rate in Macdoel?
15.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Macdoel?
15 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Macdoel work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Redding (11%, 89 mi), Dorris (5%, 10 mi), Etna (5%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Macdoel without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 38% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Macdoel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Macdoel
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.