Work & commute · Hillcrest

Work & commute in Hillcrest, CA

Most working residents leave Hillcrest for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (41%), Los Angeles (4%) and East Niles (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

70 of 3,359 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 3,289 Hillcrest residents head out of town to work, 70 work right here, and 1,126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillcrest.

3,289live here, work elsewhere

70live and work here

1,126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillcrest goes to work

Bakersfield4.8 mi away

41%1,364

Los Angeles98.9 mi away

4%130

East Niles2.1 mi away

3%98

Shafter15.4 mi away

2%83

Hillcrest (in town)right here

2%70

Oildale5.4 mi away

2%67

Delano31.8 mi away

2%54

Fresno107.7 mi away

2%51

Rosedale14 mi away

1%49

Potomac Park1.1 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,364

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

How far

How far Hillcrest commutes

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

57%

30%

57%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillcrest is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillcrest are

1,196 jobs are based in Hillcrest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hillcrest’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hillcrest

1,196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Hillcrest residents hold

3,359 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+53%

Jobs based in Hillcrest, 2013 → 2023: 782 → 1,196. 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.