Work & commute · Golden Hills

Work & commute in Golden Hills, CA

Most working residents leave Golden Hills for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Tehachapi (23%), Bakersfield (10%) and Mojave (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

220 of 3,214 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,994 Golden Hills residents head out of town to work, 220 work right here, and 639 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Golden Hills.

2,994live here, work elsewhere

220live and work here

639work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Golden Hills goes to work

Tehachapi2.9 mi away

23%747

Bakersfield33.9 mi away

10%325

Golden Hills (in town)right here

7%220

Mojave19.4 mi away

4%140

Los Angeles77.5 mi away

4%139

Lancaster35.7 mi away

4%123

Palmdale43.9 mi away

4%117

Boron47.4 mi away

1%47

Fresno134.8 mi away

1%39

Ridgecrest57.9 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,282

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

How far

How far Golden Hills commutes

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

33%

28%

31%

33%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Golden Hills is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Golden Hills are

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

Jobs based in Golden Hills

859 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Golden Hills residents hold

3,214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−60%

Jobs based in Golden Hills, 2013 → 2023: 2,140 → 859. 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.