Work means Eureka for about two in five of Myrtletown’s working residents
Measured by household income, Myrtletown is behind 73% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Myrtletown are C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 6% work in Myrtletown itself; outside it, Eureka draws the most (44%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Myrtletown and work: the main findings
Commutes from Myrtletown are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 123 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Myrtletown residents work close to home
74% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
44% of Myrtletown works in Eureka
748 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Eureka, 1.4 miles away across the town line. That’s 7 times as many as work in Myrtletown itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Myrtletown than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Myrtletown fell from 1,680 in 2013 to 1,261 in 2023, −25%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Myrtletown’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Myrtletown is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #717 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Myrtletown’s grade up (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.7%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Myrtletown could be anywhere from D to B−.
About 13 minutes each way for Myrtletown’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Myrtletown workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,902 commuters (the 15% 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.
How far Myrtletown 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.
Commuting out of Myrtletown: the destinations
Where Myrtletown clocks in
44% of workers
16% 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 Myrtletown’s employers do
1,261 jobs are based in Myrtletown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Myrtletown, 2013 → 2023: 1,680 → 1,261. 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 Myrtletown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Myrtletown, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,613 residents head out to work, 94 work right here, and 1,167 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.
0.74 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.
Myrtletown is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Myrtletown is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #496 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,250 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 9% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.9% of Myrtletown households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Myrtletown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Myrtletown is 3,038th of 3,651 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,036 | Humboldt IA | 4,675 | $75K | 15.9% | 7.8% | 35% | C− |
| 3,037 | Somerset PA | 5,815 | $47K | 17.2% | 5.1% | 25% | C− |
| 3,038 | Myrtletown CA | 5,322 | $60K | 17.2% | 6.7% | 6% | C− |
| 3,039 | Gray LA | 5,154 | $55K | 14.7% | 7.3% | 7% | C− |
| 3,040 | Conley GA | 5,822 | $44K | 35.8% | 8.5% | <1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,651 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Myrtletown, the top three, the last and three more from California.
46% of Myrtletown works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Myrtletown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtletown | – | C− | B+ | 13 min | $60,457 |
| Cutten | 2% | B+ | A− | 15 min | $97,225 |
| Eureka | 44% | C− | A+ | 16 min | $57,662 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Eureka. Darker towns draw more of Myrtletown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Myrtletown: questions
What is the median household income in Myrtletown?
$60,457 (±$4,285) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Myrtletown?
17.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Myrtletown?
13 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Myrtletown work?
6% work in town.
Is Myrtletown walkable?
Myrtletown is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 13.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Myrtletown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 9% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Myrtletown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Myrtletown
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.