A job hub: Richvale has 5.5 jobs per working resident, and 417 people come in to work
Employers in Richvale report 421 jobs for 77 working residents. Only 5% work in Richvale itself; outside it, Oroville draws the most (13%, 10 miles). For 59% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Richvale by day
On a workday 73 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.
About 490 people are in Richvale on a workday afternoon, 237% more 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.
Where Richvale’s workers come from
Where Richvale clocks in
13% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
Richvale makes things: 77% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richvale, 2013 → 2023: 363 → 421. 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 Richvale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Richvale
of Richvale workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 commuters (the 59% 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.
The distance from Richvale to work
About 29% 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 Richvale: questions
What is the median household income in Richvale?
$53,984 (±$52,537) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richvale?
15.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Richvale work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oroville (13%, 10 mi), Gridley (12%, 10 mi), Yuba City (8%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Richvale 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 Richvale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richvale
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.