A job hub: Salyer has 2.2 jobs per working resident, and 150 people come in to work
Working residents average 21 minutes each way, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. Salyer has 151 jobs for 69 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Salyer: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 68 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 570 people are in Salyer on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
The towns that send workers to Salyer
Where Salyer clocks in
13% of workers
12% 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 Salyer are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Salyer, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 151. 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 Salyer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Salyer
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Salyer workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 221 commuters (the 17% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Salyer
About 48% 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.
13% of Salyer works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Salyer workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salyer | – | — | — | 21 min | $55,000 |
| Willow Creek | 13% | D− | B | 10 min | $47,137 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Willow Creek. Darker towns draw more of Salyer’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Salyer: questions
What is the median household income in Salyer?
$55,000 (±$26,994) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Salyer?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Salyer?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Salyer work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Willow Creek (13%, 5 mi), Weaverville (12%, 35 mi), Red Bluff (3%, 85 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Salyer 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 Salyer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Salyer
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.