Work & commute · Cottonwood

Work & commute in Cottonwood, CA

Most working residents leave Cottonwood for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (36%), Los Angeles (5%) and East Niles (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 863 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 860 Cottonwood residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cottonwood.

860live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cottonwood goes to work

Bakersfield3 mi away

36%310

Los Angeles97.3 mi away

5%44

East Niles3.9 mi away

3%23

Shafter15.3 mi away

2%19

Fresno109.1 mi away

2%17

Oildale6.3 mi away

2%13

Delano33 mi away

1%10

Anaheim124.4 mi away

1%10

Santa Clarita69.8 mi away

1%9

San Diego203.9 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%399

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

How far

How far Cottonwood commutes

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

54%

38%

54%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cottonwood is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.08 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cottonwood are

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

Jobs based in Cottonwood

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Cottonwood residents hold

863 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−38%

Jobs based in Cottonwood, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 65. 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.