Work & commute · Coalinga

Work & commute in Coalinga, CA

About one in 3 of Coalinga’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fresno (7%), Avenal (3%) and Kerman (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

1,938 of 5,325 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,387 Coalinga residents head out of town to work, 1,938 work right here, and 3,555 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coalinga.

3,387live here, work elsewhere

1,938live and work here

3,555work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coalinga goes to work

Coalinga (in town)right here

36%1,938

Fresno54.1 mi away

7%373

Avenal14.3 mi away

3%153

Kerman43.7 mi away

2%98

Los Angeles182.2 mi away

1%70

Hanford40.4 mi away

1%65

Visalia58 mi away

1%64

Lemoore32.2 mi away

1%60

San Francisco185.1 mi away

1%54

San Jose114.6 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,399

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

How far

How far Coalinga commutes

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

41%

10%

40%

41%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coalinga is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Coalinga are

5,493 jobs are based in Coalinga. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coalinga’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coalinga

5,493 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Coalinga residents hold

5,325 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+12%

Jobs based in Coalinga, 2013 → 2023: 4,918 → 5,493. 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.