Photo: Barabas · CC BY 3.0Scotia draws 523 commuters a day, with 2.5 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 17% across California. There are 540 jobs in Scotia, against 215 working residents. Only 8% stay in Scotia for work; outside it, Eureka is the main destination (19%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Scotia, in a few figures
Scotia is where the jobs are
Scotia has 540 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 730 people are in town, 80% more than the 410 who live here. Day and night ↓
Scotia makes and builds things
66% of the jobs based in Scotia are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Scotia residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Scotia’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Scotia is Eureka, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (41) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 215 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Scotia, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 198 residents head out to work and 17 work right here.
About 730 people are in Scotia on a workday afternoon, 80% 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.
A place that makes things: 66% of Scotia’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scotia, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 540. 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 Scotia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Scotia
About 23% 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.
Who travels to work in Scotia, and from where
Where Scotia clocks in
19% of workers
15% of workers
5% 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.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Scotia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scotia workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 145 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.
Scotia and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Rio Dell (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Scotia’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 Scotia: questions
What is the median household income in Scotia?
$51,250 (±$17,069) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scotia?
11.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scotia?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scotia work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eureka (19%, 22 mi), Fortuna (15%, 8 mi), Rio Dell (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Scotia 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 Scotia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scotia
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.