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Work & commute · Bodfish

Work & commute in Bodfish, CA

Most working residents leave Bodfish for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Isabella (16%), Bakersfield (12%) and Los Angeles (5%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
13 of 517 working residents
Typical commute
38 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 504 Bodfish residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bodfish.

504live here, work elsewhere
13live and work here
45work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bodfish goes to work

Port HuenemeArvinTehachapiHanfordSanta ClaritaLos AngelesFresnoBakersfieldMountain MesaWofford HeightsOildaleBodfishKernvilleLake IsabellaWeldonLake IsabellaBakersfieldLos AngelesKernvilleMountain MesaSanta ClaritaFresnoWofford HeightsOildaleBodfish
1
Lake Isabella3.7 mi away
16%82
2
Bakersfield34.6 mi away
12%61
3
Los Angeles107.5 mi away
5%27
4
Kernville12.9 mi away
5%26
5
Mountain Mesa6.6 mi away
4%23
6
Bodfish (in town)right here
3%13
7
Santa Clarita79.9 mi away
2%12
8
Fresno111 mi away
2%10
9
Wofford Heights9.8 mi away
2%8
10
Oildale32.2 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%247

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

How far

How far Bodfish commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
8%10–24 mi
23%25–50 mi
44%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bodfish is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bodfish are

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

Jobs based in Bodfish

58 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities2%
Services (health, schools, offices…)98%
$1,250 a month or less45%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Bodfish residents hold

517 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month44%
+38%

Jobs based in Bodfish, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 58. 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.

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