Photo: Stepheng3 · Public domainMost of Monte Rio commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Monte Rio; the top destination outside it is Santa Rosa (15%, 17 miles). Employers in Monte Rio report 95 jobs for 377 working residents. 34% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Monte Rio, in brief
Monte Rio and Santa Rosa trade workers both ways
Santa Rosa is the top workplace for Monte Rio residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Monte Rio come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Monte Rio is a place people come home to
There are 95 jobs based in Monte Rio, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Monte Rio has about 590 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Monte Rio works from home
34% of Monte Rio workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
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 377 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Monte Rio’s residents
Where Monte Rio clocks in
15% 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.
Who works in Monte Rio, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 369 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Monte Rio on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
The trip to work from Monte Rio: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monte Rio workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 288 commuters (the 34% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Monte Rio
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monte Rio, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 95. 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 Monte Rio’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Monte Rio commutes
About 31% 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 Monte Rio: questions
What is the median household income in Monte Rio?
$63,750 (±$34,375) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monte Rio?
12.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monte Rio?
28 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monte Rio work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Rosa (15%, 17 mi), San Francisco (7%, 58 mi), Guerneville (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Monte Rio 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 Monte Rio, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monte Rio
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.