Photo: Lightandtruth · CC BY-SA 4.0Point Arena at work: jobs, income and the commute
A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes, next to 29 for California and 26 for the U.S. About one in ten work in Point Arena itself; outside it, Manchester draws the most (6%, 4 miles). 170 jobs are based in Point Arena; 115 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Point Arena
On a workday 102 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Point Arena on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 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.
Out of Point Arena to work: where people go
Where Point Arena clocks in
6% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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 Point Arena’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Point Arena, 2013 → 2023: 236 → 170. 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 Point Arena’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Point Arena takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Point Arena workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 377 commuters (the 14% 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.
Where in the region Point Arena works
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 Point Arena: questions
What is the median household income in Point Arena?
$108,095 (±$49,381) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Point Arena?
10.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Point Arena?
19 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Point Arena work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manchester (6%, 4 mi), Santa Rosa (3%, 62 mi), Talmage (3%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Point Arena 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 Point Arena, from the people who make the trip.
More of Point Arena
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.