Work & commute · Earlimart

Work & commute in Earlimart, CA

Most working residents leave Earlimart for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Delano (12%), Bakersfield (7%) and Fresno (6%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 1,374 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,307 Earlimart residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Earlimart.

1,307live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Earlimart goes to work

Delano8.6 mi away

12%168

Bakersfield39.4 mi away

7%93

Fresno68.1 mi away

6%80

Earlimart (in town)right here

5%67

Visalia30.4 mi away

4%59

Los Angeles138.2 mi away

3%45

Shafter28.7 mi away

3%40

Tulare21.7 mi away

2%32

Pixley6.1 mi away

2%21

Porterville17.9 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%749

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

How far

How far Earlimart commutes

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

21%

13%

24%

41%

21%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Earlimart is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Earlimart are

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

Jobs based in Earlimart

457 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Earlimart residents hold

1,374 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−43%

Jobs based in Earlimart, 2013 → 2023: 800 → 457. 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.