Work & commute · Derby Acres

Work & commute in Derby Acres, CA

Most working residents leave Derby Acres for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Taft (18%), Bakersfield (17%) and Los Angeles (7%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 89 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 88 Derby Acres residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Derby Acres.

88live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Derby Acres goes to work

Taft13 mi away

18%16

Bakersfield32.8 mi away

17%15

Los Angeles108.4 mi away

7%6

Torrance120.7 mi away

2%2

Visalia76.6 mi away

2%2

Shafter27.9 mi away

2%2

Santa Clarita84.8 mi away

2%2

Buellton54.8 mi away

1%1

Bell Gardens120.9 mi away

1%1

Huntington Park117.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%41

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

How far

How far Derby Acres commutes

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

22%

34%

38%

6%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Derby Acres is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Derby Acres are

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

Jobs based in Derby Acres

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month95%

Jobs Derby Acres residents hold

89 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−48%

Jobs based in Derby Acres, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 42. 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.