For about half of its working residents, Palo Cedro is a commute to Redding
Only 7% work in Palo Cedro itself; outside it, Redding draws the most (50%, 6 miles). The two grades for Palo Cedro are B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Palo Cedro
More than half of Palo Cedro works in Redding
447 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Redding, 6.1 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Palo Cedro itself. The commute map ↓
Most Palo Cedro residents work close to home
73% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Palo Cedro’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 33 minutes, longer than the California average of 29. 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 886 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Palo Cedro
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Palo Cedro is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #393 of 847 in California. Household income holds Palo Cedro’s grade up ($120,152, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Palo Cedro could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Out of Palo Cedro to work: where people go
Where Palo Cedro clocks in
50% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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 miles Palo Cedro commutes
About 19% 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.
Time on the road from Palo Cedro: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palo Cedro workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,154 commuters (the 18% 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.
Palo Cedro by day and by night
On a workday 825 residents head out to work, 61 work right here, and 730 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 (0.89 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.
What Palo Cedro’s employers do
791 jobs are based in Palo Cedro.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palo Cedro, 2013 → 2023: 594 → 791. 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 Palo Cedro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Palo Cedro start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Palo Cedro is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #729 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Palo Cedro near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,401 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Palo Cedro households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Palo Cedro’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Palo Cedro is 1,646th of 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Emerald Lake Hills CA | 4,235 | $250K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,644 | Chester Township OH | 3,038 | $74K | 13.6% | 1.0% | 7% | B |
| 1,645 | Daugherty Township PA | 3,035 | $88K | 6.7% | 6.1% | 2% | B |
| 1,646 | Palo Cedro CA | 3,685 | $120K | 6.6% | 5.8% | 7% | B |
| 1,647 | Long Lake IL | 3,307 | $105K | 7.5% | 17.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,648 | Jefferson Township IN | 3,693 | $102K | 11.1% | 4.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | 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 Palo Cedro, the top three, the last and three more from California.
How Palo Cedro compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bella Vista (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Palo Cedro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Cedro | – | B | C+ | 33 min | $120,152 |
| Bella Vista | 1% | B− | D | 27 min | $90,566 |
| Millville | under 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Millville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Palo Cedro’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 Palo Cedro: questions
What is the median household income in Palo Cedro?
$120,152 (±$20,460) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palo Cedro?
6.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palo Cedro?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palo Cedro work?
7% work in town.
Is Palo Cedro walkable?
Palo Cedro is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palo Cedro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Palo Cedro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Palo Cedro
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.