Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0More people are out of work in Weaverville (8.3%) than in 89% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.6 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 17.5 in Los Angeles. Weaverville grades D for jobs and income and A for walkability. About half work in Weaverville; the top destination outside it is Redding (6%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Weaverville apart on work
Commutes from Weaverville are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. 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 997 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Weaverville’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Weaverville is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #801 of 847 in California. Household income holds Weaverville’s grade up ($65,787, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Weaverville could be anywhere from D− to B.
Time on the road from Weaverville: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weaverville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,266 commuters (the 21% 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 Weaverville’s workers travel
About 31% 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.
Weaverville by day and by night
On a workday 503 residents head out to work, 494 work right here, and 985 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Weaverville on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Weaverville to work: where people go
Where Weaverville clocks in
6% 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.
What the 1,479 jobs in Weaverville are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weaverville, 2013 → 2023: 1,582 → 1,479. 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 Weaverville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Weaverville, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Weaverville is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #280 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.2% 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 1,595 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 92% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 41% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% 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). 2.5% of Weaverville households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Weaverville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Weaverville compares with U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,866 | Frostproof FL | 3,519 | $42K | 26.8% | 5.3% | 5% | D |
| 3,867 | Marksville LA | 4,744 | $36K | 34.6% | 5.1% | 28% | D |
| 3,868 | Weaverville CA | 4,018 | $66K | 17.5% | 8.3% | 50% | D |
| 3,869 | Experiment GA | 3,387 | $33K | 33.7% | 12.4% | 1% | D |
| 3,870 | Mountain View HI | 3,756 | $69K | 20.9% | 7.7% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Weaverville, the top three, the last and three more from California.
How Weaverville compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Weaverville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weaverville | – | D | A | 16 min | $65,787 |
| Douglas City | under 2% | D− | D− | 25 min | $31,827 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Weaverville’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 Weaverville: questions
What is the median household income in Weaverville?
$65,787 (±$29,131) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weaverville?
17.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weaverville?
16 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weaverville work?
50% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Redding (6%, 32 mi), Sacramento (2%, 169 mi), Lewiston (2%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Weaverville walkable?
Weaverville is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Weaverville without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 41% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weaverville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weaverville
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.