Photo: Always dreamin · CC BY-SA 4.0More than half of Shasta Lake’s working residents commute to Redding
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 17.5 in Los Angeles. The two grades for Shasta Lake are C for jobs and income and A− for walkability. 4% of workers work from home, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Shasta Lake, in brief
More than half of Shasta Lake works in Redding
2,193 working residents, 57%, have their main job in Redding, 7.4 miles away across the town line. That’s 6 times as many as work in Shasta Lake itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Shasta Lake are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Shasta Lake residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Few Shasta Lake workers work from home
Only 4% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Shasta Lake’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Shasta Lake is better than 25% of U.S. towns, #682 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Shasta Lake’s grade up (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.2%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Shasta Lake could be anywhere from D to B−.
Where Shasta Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Shasta Lake clocks in
57% of workers
3% 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.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Shasta Lake
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shasta Lake workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,340 commuters (the 4% 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.
Miles to work from Shasta Lake
About 17% 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 leaves Shasta Lake for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,526 residents head out to work, 332 work right here, and 1,305 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,000 people are in Shasta Lake on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.42 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Shasta Lake: what the 1,637 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shasta Lake, 2013 → 2023: 1,275 → 1,637. 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 Shasta Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Shasta Lake is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Shasta Lake is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #409 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% of 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 4,522 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 85% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 29% 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). 6.5% of Shasta Lake households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Shasta Lake’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000, Shasta Lake comes 2,334th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 15 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,332 | Union Township MI | 11,850 | $44K | 29.7% | 5.7% | 7% | C |
| 2,333 | Magnolia AR | 10,660 | $56K | 22.7% | 2.7% | 45% | C |
| 2,334 | Shasta Lake CA | 10,208 | $67K | 13.3% | 7.2% | 9% | C |
| 2,335 | LaSalle IL | 9,388 | $58K | 18.8% | 5.0% | 11% | C |
| 2,336 | Moundsville WV | 7,659 | $49K | 22.5% | 3.2% | 18% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Shasta Lake, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work next door: 57% of Shasta Lake’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shasta Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shasta Lake | – | C | A− | 20 min | $67,401 |
| Redding | 57% | C+ | A | 17 min | $70,466 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Redding. Darker towns draw more of Shasta Lake’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 Shasta Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Shasta Lake?
$67,401 (±$13,889) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shasta Lake?
13.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shasta Lake?
20 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shasta Lake work?
9% work in town.
Is Shasta Lake walkable?
Shasta Lake is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shasta Lake without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 29% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shasta Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shasta Lake
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. 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.