Work & commute · Calwa

Work & commute in Calwa, CA

Most working residents leave Calwa for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fresno (52%), Clovis (6%) and Madera (1%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 553 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 545 Calwa residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 614 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calwa.

545live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

614work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calwa goes to work

Fresno5.2 mi away

52%288

Clovis9 mi away

6%32

Calwa (in town)right here

1%8

Madera25.1 mi away

1%7

San Jose120.2 mi away

1%7

Los Angeles201.1 mi away

1%7

Kerman16.7 mi away

1%6

Visalia35.9 mi away

1%6

Bakersfield102.3 mi away

1%6

Fowler7.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%181

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

How far

How far Calwa commutes

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

65%

11%

19%

65%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calwa is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Calwa are

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

Jobs based in Calwa

622 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Calwa residents hold

553 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−15%

Jobs based in Calwa, 2013 → 2023: 728 → 622. 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.