Work & commute · Ballico

Work & commute in Ballico, CA

Most working residents leave Ballico for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Modesto (10%), Turlock (9%) and Merced (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 142 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 138 Ballico residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 271 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ballico.

138live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

271work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ballico goes to work

Modesto20.8 mi away

10%14

Turlock9.3 mi away

9%13

Merced16.1 mi away

6%8

Livingston4.6 mi away

4%5

Ceres17.7 mi away

3%4

Tracy45.2 mi away

3%4

Ballico (in town)right here

3%4

Delhi4.2 mi away

3%4

Los Angeles269.8 mi away

2%3

Sacramento87.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%80

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

How far

How far Ballico commutes

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

27%

35%

30%

27%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ballico is a job hub

1.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ballico are

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

Jobs based in Ballico

275 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Ballico residents hold

142 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+50%

Jobs based in Ballico, 2013 → 2023: 183 → 275. 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.