At 0.9%, unemployment in Pine Hills is lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 19 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26). The two grades for Pine Hills are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 1% work in Pine Hills itself; outside it, Eureka draws the most (47%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Pine Hills: the gist
Nearly half of Pine Hills works in Eureka
539 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Eureka, 4.6 miles away across the town line. That’s 47 times as many as work in Pine Hills itself. The commute map ↓
Pine Hills is a place people come home to
There are 107 jobs based in Pine Hills, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pine Hills has about 1,800 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Pine Hills are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Pine Hills residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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: Pine Hills’ grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pine Hills is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #498 of 847 in California. Unemployment holds Pine Hills’ grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (16.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pine Hills could be anywhere from C to B+.
Out of Pine Hills to work: where people go
Where Pine Hills clocks in
47% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Pine Hills
On a workday 1,135 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Pine Hills on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.09 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.
The daily trip from Pine Hills: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Hills workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 856 commuters (the 16% 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 Pine Hills’ workers travel
About 15% 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.
35% of the jobs in Pine Hills make or build things
107 jobs are based in Pine Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Hills, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 107. 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 Pine Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Pine Hills commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pine Hills is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #763 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,018 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 23% 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 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 3.1% of Pine Hills households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pine Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900, Pine Hills ranks 2,267th of 4,882 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 26 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,265 | Sardinia NY | 2,688 | $85K | 12.4% | 1.5% | 6% | B− |
| 2,266 | Union Township PA | 2,932 | $73K | 6.8% | 6.0% | 9% | B− |
| 2,267 | Pine Hills CA | 2,875 | $78K | 16.1% | 0.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,268 | Sumiton AL | 2,511 | $66K | 15.9% | 2.3% | 6% | B− |
| 2,269 | Alden NY | 2,755 | $71K | 7.6% | 5.7% | 9% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Pine Hills, the top three, the last and three more from California.
51% of Pine Hills works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hills | – | B− | C | 19 min | $78,393 |
| Humboldt Hill | 2% | B− | B+ | 17 min | $71,667 |
| Bayview | under 1% | D | B+ | 16 min | $48,406 |
| Eureka | 47% | C− | A+ | 16 min | $57,662 |
| Cutten | 2% | B+ | A− | 15 min | $97,225 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Eureka. Darker towns draw more of Pine Hills’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 Pine Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Hills?
$78,393 (±$12,495) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Hills?
16.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Hills?
19 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Hills work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eureka (47%, 5 mi), Arcata (10%, 10 mi), Fortuna (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pine Hills walkable?
Pine Hills is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pine Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Hills
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.