Work & commute · El Portal

Work & commute in El Portal, CA

Most working residents leave El Portal for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Yosemite Valley (20%), San Jose (5%) and Sacramento (4%). Half commute less than 104 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 299 working residents

Typical commute

104 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 296 El Portal residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Portal.

296live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where El Portal goes to work

Yosemite Valley12.4 mi away

20%59

San Jose114.1 mi away

5%14

Sacramento110.3 mi away

4%12

San Francisco177.4 mi away

3%9

Fresno61.5 mi away

2%6

Reno, NV129.7 mi away

2%6

Mammoth Lakes43.9 mi away

2%5

Woodland126.9 mi away

1%4

Oakland133.4 mi away

1%4

Stockton85.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%176

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

How far

How far El Portal commutes

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

23%

71%

1%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

71%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

El Portal is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in El Portal are

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

Jobs based in El Portal

136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs El Portal residents hold

299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−2%

Jobs based in El Portal, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 136. 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.