Making a living in Myers Flat
Myers Flat has 14 jobs, against 14 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, where California as a whole has 17%. About one in seven stay in Myers Flat for work; outside it, San Francisco is the main destination (21%, 189 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Myers Flat, and who commutes in
On a workday 12 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 12 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
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 places Myers Flat commutes to
Where Myers Flat clocks in
14% 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.
What Myers Flat’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Myers Flat, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 14. 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 Myers Flat’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Myers Flat
of Myers Flat workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Myers Flat
About 43% 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 Myers Flat: questions
What is the poverty rate in Myers Flat?
44.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Myers Flat work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (21%, 189 mi), Miranda (14%, 4 mi), Garberville (14%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Myers Flat 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 Myers Flat, from the people who make the trip.
More of Myers Flat
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.