Work & commute · East Bakersfield

Work & commute in East Bakersfield, CA

Most working residents leave East Bakersfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (36%), Los Angeles (4%) and Shafter (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 2,551 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,527 East Bakersfield residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Bakersfield.

2,527live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Bakersfield goes to work

Bakersfield4.1 mi away

36%918

Los Angeles99.5 mi away

4%94

Shafter14.4 mi away

3%76

Oildale4.5 mi away

3%75

East Niles3.1 mi away

3%67

Delano31.1 mi away

1%37

Fresno107 mi away

1%37

Rosedale13 mi away

1%29

East Bakersfield (in town)right here

1%24

Hillcrest1 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,172

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

How far

How far East Bakersfield commutes

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

53%

35%

53%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Bakersfield is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Bakersfield are

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

Jobs based in East Bakersfield

287 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs East Bakersfield residents hold

2,551 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+50%

Jobs based in East Bakersfield, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 287. 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.