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Jobs & commute in Stirling City

Stirling City has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

0% of workers work from home; California has 17%. Employers in Stirling City report 6 jobs, against 79 working residents. Hardly any stay in Stirling City for work; outside it, Chico is the main destination (29%, 18 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Stirling City: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 79 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

79live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night340
Workday270
340live here− 79head out to work+ 6come in to work= 270on a workday

About 270 people are in Stirling City on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Stirling City to work: where people go

Gridley: 1 residents work here (1%)Willows: 1 residents work here (1%)Red Bluff: 2 residents work here (3%)Oroville: 2 residents work here (3%)Paradise: 10 residents work here (13%)Chico: 23 residents work here (29%)San Jose: 3 residents work here (4%)Sacramento: 2 residents work here (3%)Redding: 3 residents work here (4%)Stirling CityMagaliaBella VistaDurham: 2 residents work here (3%)ChicoParadiseSan JoseReddingRed BluffOrovilleStirling City
1
Chico18 mi away
29%23
2
Paradise11 mi away
13%10
3
San Jose180.9 mi away
4%3
4
Redding63.5 mi away
4%3
5
Red Bluff41.6 mi away
3%2
6
Oroville28.3 mi away
3%2
7
Sacramento92.5 mi away
3%2
8
Durham23 mi away
3%2
9
Gridley38.4 mi away
1%1
10
Willows44.3 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%30
The top trips

Where Stirling City clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Goods jobs make up 67% of work in Stirling City

Jobs based in Stirling CityJobs Stirling City residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms67%16%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices33%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month67%19%
Over $3,333 a month33%68%

Who does it

29 or younger50%24%
30 to 5450%48%
55 and older0%28%
−45%

Jobs based in Stirling City, 2014 → 2024: 11 → 6. 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 Stirling City’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Stirling City

Working from home
0%

of Stirling City workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Stirling City gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 154 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.

How far

Miles to work from Stirling City

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miChico: 29% · 18 miParadise: 13% · 11 miSan Jose: 4% · 180.9 miRedding: 4% · 63.5 miRed Bluff: 3% · 41.6 miOroville: 3% · 28.3 miSacramento: 3% · 92.5 miDurham: 3% · 23 miGridley: 1% · 38.4 miWillows: 1% · 44.3 miChico 29%Paradise 13%San Jose 4%Redding 4%Red Bluff 3%Stirling City
Stirling CityTop destinations (size = commuters)
5%Under 10 mi4 residents
42%10–24 mi33 residents
14%25–50 mi11 residents
38%Over 50 mi30 residents

About 38% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Stirling City: questions

What is the poverty rate in Stirling City?

10.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Stirling City work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chico (29%, 18 mi), Paradise (13%, 11 mi), San Jose (4%, 181 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Stirling City without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Stirling City, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Stirling City

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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.