Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Redcrest
Employers in Redcrest report 27 jobs; 20 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Redcrest itself; outside it, Fortuna draws the most (25%, 17 miles). The poverty rate is 58.3%; California has 12.0%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Redcrest
On a workday 20 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19 people are in Redcrest on a workday afternoon, 58% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 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.
Where Redcrest goes to work
Where Redcrest clocks in
25% of workers
25% of workers
10% 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.
Making and building: 70% of jobs based in Redcrest
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redcrest, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 27. 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 Redcrest’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Redcrest’s workers travel
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 Redcrest: questions
What is the poverty rate in Redcrest?
58.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Redcrest work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fortuna (25%, 17 mi), Eureka (25%, 30 mi), Rio Dell (10%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Redcrest, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redcrest
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.