McCloud · Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs, income and commuting in McCloud, CA
About one in four work in McCloud itself; outside it, Redding draws the most (10%, 49 miles). Home is the office for 9% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole. The trip to work takes 19 minutes on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in McCloud, in a few figures
McCloud’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside McCloud is Redding, 49 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (22) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Many jobs in McCloud pay little
46% of the jobs based in McCloud pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
44% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 211 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from McCloud
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 the 345 jobs in McCloud are
345 jobs are based in McCloud.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McCloud, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 345. 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 McCloud’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves McCloud for work, and who comes in
On a workday 159 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in McCloud on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 McCloud’s workforce comes from
Where McCloud clocks in
10% 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.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McCloud workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 262 commuters (the 9% 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.
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 McCloud: questions
What is the median household income in McCloud?
$48,529 (±$8,891) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McCloud?
20.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McCloud?
19 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McCloud work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Redding (10%, 49 mi), Mount Shasta (8%, 10 mi), Weed (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McCloud without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McCloud, from the people who make the trip.
More of McCloud
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.