Work & commute · Buttonwillow

Work & commute in Buttonwillow, CA

Most working residents leave Buttonwillow for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (22%), Shafter (10%) and Wasco (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 436 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 430 Buttonwillow residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 378 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buttonwillow.

430live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

378work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buttonwillow goes to work

Bakersfield23 mi away

22%96

Shafter14.3 mi away

10%45

Wasco13.4 mi away

3%11

Delano26.6 mi away

2%9

Rosedale13.3 mi away

2%9

Los Angeles112.4 mi away

2%8

San Diego222.1 mi away

1%6

Buttonwillow (in town)right here

1%6

Oildale23.1 mi away

1%5

Taft19.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%237

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

How far

How far Buttonwillow commutes

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

49%

17%

28%

6%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buttonwillow is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Buttonwillow are

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

Jobs based in Buttonwillow

384 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Buttonwillow residents hold

436 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−3%

Jobs based in Buttonwillow, 2013 → 2023: 394 → 384. 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.