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Work & commute in June Lake · A commuter town

95% of June Lake’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave June Lake for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Mammoth Lakes (27%), Bishop (9%) and Fresno (5%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Work in town
5%
15 of 316 working residents
Typical commute
47 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
21%
More than CA (17%)
Jobs based here
182
A commuter town

What kind of work town is June Lake?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

27% of working residents work in Mammoth Lakes

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Bishop: 29 residents work here (9%)Watsonville: 3 residents work here (1%)Salinas: 3 residents work here (1%)Mammoth Lakes: 86 residents work here (27%)San Jose: 4 residents work here (1%)Sacramento: 14 residents work here (4%)Fresno: 15 residents work here (5%)Crowley Lake: 12 residents work here (4%)Dixon Lane-MeadowCreekWest BishopJune LakeWalkerBridgeport: 13 residents work here (4%)ChalfantBentonMammoth LakesBishopFresnoSacramentoBridgeportCrowley LakeJune Lake
1
Mammoth Lakes11.7 mi away
27%86
2
Bishop47.8 mi away
9%29
3
Fresno77.3 mi away
5%15
4
June Lake (in town)right here
5%15
5
Sacramento139.4 mi away
4%14
6
Bridgeport34.5 mi away
4%13
7
Crowley Lake24.2 mi away
4%12
8
San Jose151.4 mi away
1%4
9
Watsonville157 mi away
1%3
10
Salinas157.1 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%122
The top trips

Where June Lake clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

June Lake quiets down on a workday

On a workday 301 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere.

301live here, work elsewhere
15live and work here
167work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night210
Workday75
210live here− 300head out to work+ 170come in to work= 75on a workday

About 75 people are in June Lake on a workday afternoon, 64% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.58jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of June Lake commutes less than 47 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMammoth Lakes: 27% · 11.7 miBishop: 9% · 47.8 miFresno: 5% · 77.3 miSacramento: 4% · 139.4 miBridgeport: 4% · 34.5 miCrowley Lake: 4% · 24.2 miSan Jose: 1% · 151.4 miWatsonville: 1% · 157 miSalinas: 1% · 157.1 miMammoth Lakes 27%Bishop 9%Fresno 5%Sacramento 4%Bridgeport 4%June Lake
June LakeTop destinations (size = commuters)
14%Under 10 mi43 residents
25%10–24 mi80 residents
19%25–50 mi61 residents
42%Over 50 mi132 residents

About 42% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 182 jobs in June Lake are

182 jobs are based in June Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs June Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in June LakeJobs June Lake residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms19%11%
Trade, transport & utilities12%14%
Services: health, schools, offices70%75%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less20%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%27%
Over $3,333 a month43%58%

Who does it

29 or younger19%17%
30 to 5455%55%
55 and older25%28%
+60%

Jobs based in June Lake, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 182. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in June Lake

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
21%

of June Lake workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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