Where Proberta earns its living
A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. Hardly any work in Proberta; the top destination outside it is Red Bluff (17%, 8 miles). 55 jobs are based in Proberta, and 88 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 88 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 55 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.
0.63 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.
Out of Proberta to work: where people go
Where Proberta clocks in
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.
Most jobs in Proberta are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Proberta, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 55. 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 Proberta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Proberta: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Proberta workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 188 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 Proberta’s workers travel
About 27% 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 Proberta: questions
What is the poverty rate in Proberta?
25.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Proberta?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Proberta work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Red Bluff (17%, 8 mi), Redding (9%, 36 mi), Los Molinos (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Proberta 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 Proberta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Proberta
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.