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Jobs & commute in Tennant

Where Tennant earns its living

The Census job records count 16 working residents of Tennant and no jobs based in it. 0% of workers work from home (California 17%). Hardly any stay in Tennant for work; outside it, Redding is the main destination (25%, 74 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Tennant: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

16live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night71
Workday55
71live here− 16head out to work+ 0come in to work= 55on a workday

About 55 people are in Tennant on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Where people from Tennant work

Mount Shasta: 1 residents work here (6%)Weed: 1 residents work here (6%)Petaluma: 1 residents work here (6%)Redwood City: 1 residents work here (6%)Union City: 1 residents work here (6%)Redding: 4 residents work here (25%)Merrill: 1 residents work here (6%)TennantMcCloud: 4 residents work here (25%)ReddingMcCloudMount ShastaWeedPetalumaRedwood CityTennant
1
Redding73.5 mi away
25%4
2
McCloud25.1 mi away
25%4
3
Mount Shasta27.3 mi away
6%1
4
Weed26.6 mi away
6%1
5
Petaluma233.6 mi away
6%1
6
Redwood City281.2 mi away
6%1
7
Union City274.8 mi away
6%1
8
Merrill, OR34.9 mi away
6%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
13%2
The top trips

Where Tennant 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Tennant

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Tennant gets to work
50%Drive alone
50%Carpool

Share of the 4 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

The distance from Tennant to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRedding: 25% · 73.5 miMcCloud: 25% · 25.1 miMount Shasta: 6% · 27.3 miWeed: 6% · 26.6 miPetaluma: 6% · 233.6 miRedwood City: 6% · 281.2 miUnion City: 6% · 274.8 miMerrill: 6% · 34.9 miRedding 25%McCloud 25%Mount Shasta 6%Weed 6%Petaluma 6%Tennant
TennantTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
19%10–24 mi3 residents
38%25–50 mi6 residents
44%Over 50 mi7 residents

About 44% 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.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Tennant: questions

What is the poverty rate in Tennant?

0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Tennant work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Redding (25%, 74 mi), McCloud (25%, 25 mi), Mount Shasta (6%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Tennant 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 Tennant, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Tennant

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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.