With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Redwood Valley works elsewhere
Redwood Valley has 225 jobs; 621 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Redwood Valley C−; getting around on foot earns it C. 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Redwood Valley
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Redwood Valley’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 44 minutes, longer than the California average of 29. Time on the road ↓
Redwood Valley and Ukiah trade workers both ways
Ukiah is the top workplace for Redwood Valley residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Redwood Valley come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Redwood Valley workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 621 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Redwood Valley
On income, poverty and job access, Redwood Valley is better than 15% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Redwood Valley’s grade.
Unemployment (13.7%) is left out: Redwood Valley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Redwood Valley could be anywhere from D− to A−.
About 44 minutes to work from Redwood Valley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Redwood Valley workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 639 commuters (the 0% 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.
29% of working residents work in Ukiah
Where Redwood Valley clocks in
29% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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 Redwood Valley
On a workday 609 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Redwood Valley on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Making and building: 35% of jobs based in Redwood Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redwood Valley, 2014 → 2024: 219 → 225. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Redwood Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Redwood Valley
About 30% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Redwood Valley gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Redwood Valley is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 639 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 39% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 39% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 5.9% of Redwood Valley households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Redwood Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600, Redwood Valley ranks 4,597th of 5,921 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,595 | Beccaria Township PA | 1,741 | $60K | 13.6% | 11.1% | 6% | C− |
| 4,596 | Joseph City AZ | 2,153 | $75K | 17.1% | 7.8% | 10% | C− |
| 4,597 | Redwood Valley CA | 1,898 | $64K | 17.3% | 13.7% | 2% | C− |
| 4,598 | Owenton KY | 1,690 | $55K | 14.9% | 6.8% | 10% | C− |
| 4,599 | Jeffersonville KY | 2,137 | $56K | 16.1% | 8.4% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Redwood Valley, the top three, the last and three more from California.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Redwood Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Redwood Valley?
$63,563 (±$60,843) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Redwood Valley?
17.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redwood Valley?
44 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Redwood Valley work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ukiah (29%, 8 mi), Santa Rosa (2%, 63 mi), Willits (2%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Redwood Valley walkable?
Redwood Valley is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Redwood Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 39% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Redwood Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redwood Valley
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.