Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Orick commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
A typical one-way commute lasts 12 minutes, next to 29 for California and 26 for the U.S. There are 33 jobs in Orick, and 77 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Orick for work; outside it, Arcata is the main destination (14%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Orick, and who commutes in
On a workday 77 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Orick on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where Orick’s working residents head each day
Where Orick clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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 Orick’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orick, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 33. 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 Orick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Orick: about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orick workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 43 commuters (the 23% 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.
The distance from Orick to work
About 34% 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 Orick: questions
What is the median household income in Orick?
$38,750 (±$25,137) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orick?
22.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orick?
12 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orick work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arcata (14%, 30 mi), McKinleyville (14%, 23 mi), Eureka (9%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Orick without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orick
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.