Work & commute · Dos Palos

Work & commute in Dos Palos, CA

About one in 5 of Dos Palos’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Los Banos (9%), Fresno (7%) and Chowchilla (2%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

326 of 1,650 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,324 Dos Palos residents head out of town to work, 326 work right here, and 654 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dos Palos.

1,324live here, work elsewhere

326live and work here

654work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dos Palos goes to work

Dos Palos (in town)right here

20%326

Los Banos12.6 mi away

9%148

Fresno48.4 mi away

7%111

Chowchilla23.4 mi away

2%29

Madera30.3 mi away

2%27

Firebaugh13.6 mi away

2%26

Visalia85.5 mi away

1%24

Hollister43.2 mi away

1%23

Clovis53.7 mi away

1%22

Los Angeles240 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%893

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

How far

How far Dos Palos commutes

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

29%

20%

15%

36%

29%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dos Palos is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dos Palos are

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

Jobs based in Dos Palos

980 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Dos Palos residents hold

1,650 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+19%

Jobs based in Dos Palos, 2013 → 2023: 825 → 980. 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.