Redding draws about half of Mountain Gate’s working residents
Only 3% stay in Mountain Gate for work; outside it, Redding is the main destination (47%, 10 miles). 6% of workers have no commute at all, where California as a whole has 17%. The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average, next to 29 for California and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Mountain Gate
Mountain Gate is a place people come home to
There are 70 jobs based in Mountain Gate, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Mountain Gate are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. 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 241 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Mountain Gate goes to work
Where Mountain Gate clocks in
47% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
How many people are in Mountain Gate by day
On a workday 234 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Mountain Gate on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.29 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.
Commuting from Mountain Gate: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mountain Gate workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 344 commuters (the 5% 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.
Jobs in Mountain Gate: what the 70 are
70 jobs are based in Mountain Gate.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mountain Gate, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 70. 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 Mountain Gate’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Mountain Gate goes to work
About 17% 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 Mountain Gate: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mountain Gate?
21.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mountain Gate?
20 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mountain Gate work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Mountain Gate without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mountain Gate, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mountain Gate
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.