Work & commute · Bass Lake

Work & commute in Bass Lake, CA

Most working residents leave Bass Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fresno (30%), Oakhurst (7%) and Clovis (6%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 216 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 211 Bass Lake residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 257 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bass Lake.

211live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

257work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bass Lake goes to work

Fresno39.6 mi away

30%65

Oakhurst3.6 mi away

7%16

Clovis35 mi away

6%13

Coarsegold9.6 mi away

5%10

North Fork6.7 mi away

4%9

Bass Lake (in town)right here

2%5

Merced49.8 mi away

2%4

Madera38 mi away

2%4

Chowchilla40 mi away

1%3

Yosemite Valley28.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%84

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

How far

How far Bass Lake commutes

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

13%

11%

48%

28%

13%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

48%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bass Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bass Lake are

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

Jobs based in Bass Lake

262 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Bass Lake residents hold

216 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+165%

Jobs based in Bass Lake, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 262. 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.