Work & commute · Chowchilla

Work & commute in Chowchilla, CA

About one in 5 of Chowchilla’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fresno (9%), Merced (7%) and Madera (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

1,160 of 5,592 working residents

Typical commute

27 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 4,432 Chowchilla residents head out of town to work, 1,160 work right here, and 4,454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chowchilla.

4,432live here, work elsewhere

1,160live and work here

4,454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chowchilla goes to work

Chowchilla (in town)right here

21%1,160

Fresno33.7 mi away

9%528

Merced18.4 mi away

7%385

Madera13.5 mi away

7%381

Sacramento120.6 mi away

1%73

San Jose87.4 mi away

1%62

San Francisco158.8 mi away

1%62

Turlock43.3 mi away

1%57

Los Banos33.2 mi away

1%54

Clovis36.8 mi away

1%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,777

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

How far

How far Chowchilla commutes

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

28%

21%

20%

31%

28%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chowchilla is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chowchilla are

5,614 jobs are based in Chowchilla. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chowchilla’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chowchilla

5,614 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Chowchilla residents hold

5,592 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+24%

Jobs based in Chowchilla, 2013 → 2023: 4,512 → 5,614. 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.