Work & commute · Crowley Lake

Work & commute in Crowley Lake, CA

Most working residents leave Crowley Lake for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mammoth Lakes (26%), Bishop (8%) and Bridgeport (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 506 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 491 Crowley Lake residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crowley Lake.

491live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crowley Lake goes to work

Mammoth Lakes13.8 mi away

26%133

Bishop23.6 mi away

8%40

Bridgeport53.8 mi away

4%21

June Lake24.2 mi away

3%17

Crowley Lake (in town)right here

3%15

Fresno79.3 mi away

3%14

Sacramento163.3 mi away

2%12

San Francisco234.7 mi away

2%10

San Jose169.4 mi away

2%9

Benton22.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%227

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

How far

How far Crowley Lake commutes

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

45%

46%

5%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crowley Lake is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crowley Lake are

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

Jobs based in Crowley Lake

153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Crowley Lake residents hold

506 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+173%

Jobs based in Crowley Lake, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 153. 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.