Post Mountain has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Post Mountain for work; outside it, Hayfork is the main destination (20%, 12 miles). Employers in Post Mountain report 1 jobs; 295 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 100% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Post Mountain
Home offices are common in Post Mountain
100% of Post Mountain workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
65% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Post Mountain is a place people come home to
There are 1 jobs based in Post Mountain, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Post Mountain has about 0 people in it, 100% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 295 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Working from home in Post Mountain
of Post Mountain workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Post Mountain commutes
About 65% 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.
Who leaves Post Mountain for work, and who comes in
On a workday 294 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Post Mountain on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Out of Post Mountain to work: where people go
Where Post Mountain clocks in
4% 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.
Post Mountain is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Post Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Post Mountain: questions
What is the poverty rate in Post Mountain?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Post Mountain work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hayfork (20%, 12 mi), San Jose (4%, 229 mi), Redding (3%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Post Mountain, from the people who make the trip.
More of Post Mountain
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.