Work & commute · Arvin

Work & commute in Arvin, CA

Most working residents leave Arvin for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (21%), Los Angeles (6%) and Shafter (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

620 of 5,725 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,105 Arvin residents head out of town to work, 620 work right here, and 1,510 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arvin.

5,105live here, work elsewhere

620live and work here

1,510work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arvin goes to work

Bakersfield16 mi away

21%1,187

Arvin (in town)right here

11%620

Los Angeles84.6 mi away

6%315

Shafter28.7 mi away

2%113

Fresno122.3 mi away

2%91

East Niles13.1 mi away

2%89

Lamont6.9 mi away

1%84

Edmundson Acres2.3 mi away

1%65

Oildale19.8 mi away

1%53

McFarland39.7 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%3,062

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

How far

How far Arvin commutes

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

23%

35%

36%

23%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arvin is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arvin are

2,130 jobs are based in Arvin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arvin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arvin

2,130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Arvin residents hold

5,725 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+20%

Jobs based in Arvin, 2013 → 2023: 1,770 → 2,130. 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.