Work & commute · Kerman

Work & commute in Kerman, CA

Most working residents leave Kerman for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Fresno (29%), Madera (3%) and Clovis (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

859 of 6,020 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 5,161 Kerman residents head out of town to work, 859 work right here, and 5,186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kerman.

5,161live here, work elsewhere

859live and work here

5,186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kerman goes to work

Fresno15.3 mi away

29%1,771

Kerman (in town)right here

14%859

Madera16.7 mi away

3%208

Clovis22.2 mi away

2%149

Mendota17.7 mi away

2%120

Visalia49.1 mi away

1%88

San Joaquin10.8 mi away

1%77

Los Angeles208.8 mi away

1%63

Coalinga43.7 mi away

1%44

San Jose104.4 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%2,598

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

How far

How far Kerman commutes

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

22%

47%

21%

22%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kerman is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kerman are

6,045 jobs are based in Kerman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kerman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kerman

6,045 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Kerman residents hold

6,020 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+34%

Jobs based in Kerman, 2013 → 2023: 4,510 → 6,045. 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.