Work & commute · Ahwahnee

Work & commute in Ahwahnee, CA

Most working residents leave Ahwahnee for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Oakhurst (28%), Fresno (11%) and Yosemite Valley (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 766 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 752 Ahwahnee residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ahwahnee.

752live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ahwahnee goes to work

Oakhurst5.2 mi away

28%212

Fresno40.5 mi away

11%82

Yosemite Valley27.1 mi away

4%30

Mariposa16.5 mi away

3%23

Coarsegold8.8 mi away

3%20

North Fork14 mi away

3%20

Clovis37.2 mi away

2%17

Madera34.3 mi away

2%16

Bass Lake8.8 mi away

2%14

Ahwahnee (in town)right here

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%318

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ahwahnee commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

38%

12%

24%

26%

38%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ahwahnee is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.18 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ahwahnee are

140 jobs are based in Ahwahnee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ahwahnee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ahwahnee

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Ahwahnee residents hold

766 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+9%

Jobs based in Ahwahnee, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 140. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.