Work & commute · Hanford

Work & commute in Hanford, CA

About one in 4 of Hanford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Visalia (8%), Lemoore (6%) and Fresno (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

5,658 of 21,465 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 15,807 Hanford residents head out of town to work, 5,658 work right here, and 9,799 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanford.

15,807live here, work elsewhere

5,658live and work here

9,799work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanford goes to work

Hanford (in town)right here

26%5,658

Visalia18.2 mi away

8%1,637

Lemoore8.3 mi away

6%1,217

Fresno32.4 mi away

6%1,205

Corcoran17.7 mi away

3%668

Coalinga40.4 mi away

3%581

Tulare19.6 mi away

2%365

Avenal32.9 mi away

2%348

Los Angeles174.3 mi away

1%275

Bakersfield75.7 mi away

1%258

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%9,253

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

How far

How far Hanford commutes

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

41%

23%

15%

20%

41%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanford is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hanford are

15,457 jobs are based in Hanford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hanford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hanford

15,457 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Hanford residents hold

21,465 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+10%

Jobs based in Hanford, 2013 → 2023: 14,094 → 15,457. 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.