Work & commute · Coarsegold

Work & commute in Coarsegold, CA

Most working residents leave Coarsegold for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Fresno (21%), Oakhurst (13%) and Clovis (2%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

132 of 1,360 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,228 Coarsegold residents head out of town to work, 132 work right here, and 1,352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coarsegold.

1,228live here, work elsewhere

132live and work here

1,352work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coarsegold goes to work

Fresno32 mi away

21%287

Oakhurst8.2 mi away

13%177

Coarsegold (in town)right here

10%132

Clovis28.4 mi away

2%32

Madera28.4 mi away

2%32

Yosemite Valley35.4 mi away

2%21

Yosemite Lakes5.4 mi away

1%20

San Jose116.3 mi away

1%17

Mariposa23 mi away

1%17

North Fork9.9 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%609

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

How far

How far Coarsegold commutes

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

29%

35%

28%

29%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coarsegold is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Coarsegold are

1,484 jobs are based in Coarsegold. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coarsegold’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coarsegold

1,484 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Coarsegold residents hold

1,360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−7%

Jobs based in Coarsegold, 2013 → 2023: 1,603 → 1,484. 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.