Wautec has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Wautec itself; outside it, Hoopa draws the most (33%, 21 miles). Employers in Wautec report 1 jobs, and 6 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 50% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Wautec
On a workday 6 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1 people are in Wautec on a workday afternoon, 83% fewer 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.
Where Wautec goes to work
Where Wautec 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.
Wautec is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Wautec’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Wautec
of Wautec workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3 commuters (the 50% 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.
Wautec’s commute, mile by mile
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.
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 Wautec: questions
What is the poverty rate in Wautec?
33.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Wautec work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hoopa (33%, 21 mi), Humboldt Hill (17%, 47 mi), McKinleyville (17%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wautec without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 40% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wautec, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wautec
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.