Work & commute · East Porterville

Work & commute in East Porterville, CA

Most working residents leave East Porterville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Porterville (26%), Visalia (7%) and Fresno (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 1,684 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 1,627 East Porterville residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 820 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Porterville.

1,627live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

820work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Porterville goes to work

Porterville3.3 mi away

26%443

Visalia27.1 mi away

7%118

Fresno67.8 mi away

5%91

East Porterville (in town)right here

3%57

Terra Bella7.7 mi away

3%49

Delano25.9 mi away

3%47

Bakersfield48.8 mi away

3%47

Tulare22.6 mi away

2%29

Lindsay12.3 mi away

1%24

Exeter18.9 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%759

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

How far

How far East Porterville commutes

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

41%

14%

17%

27%

41%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Porterville is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Porterville are

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

Jobs based in East Porterville

877 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less66%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month12%

Jobs East Porterville residents hold

1,684 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+130%

Jobs based in East Porterville, 2013 → 2023: 381 → 877. 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.