About half of Weitchpec’s working residents commute to Hoopa
Working residents average 22 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Weitchpec; the top destination outside it is Hoopa (48%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 21 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.67 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.
48% of working residents work in Hoopa
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Weitchpec clocks in
14% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Weitchpec makes things: 93% of its jobs are in goods
14 jobs are based in Weitchpec. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Weitchpec’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weitchpec workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Weitchpec commutes less than 14 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 19% 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.
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 Weitchpec: questions
What is the median household income in Weitchpec?
$53,750 (±$22,195) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weitchpec?
56.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weitchpec?
22 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weitchpec work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hoopa (48%, 8 mi), Willow Creek (14%, 18 mi), Fortuna (5%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Weitchpec without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weitchpec, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weitchpec
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.