Work & commute · Kernville

Work & commute in Kernville, CA

About one in 5 of Kernville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (7%), Los Angeles (7%) and Lake Isabella (5%). Half commute less than 51 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

68 of 335 working residents

Typical commute

51 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

51 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 267 Kernville residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 428 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kernville.

267live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

428work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kernville goes to work

Kernville (in town)right here

20%68

Bakersfield44 mi away

7%24

Los Angeles119.9 mi away

7%23

Lake Isabella9.3 mi away

5%17

Ridgecrest43.9 mi away

4%12

Lancaster74.7 mi away

3%9

Weldon10.3 mi away

2%8

Mountain Mesa8 mi away

2%7

Santa Clarita92.6 mi away

2%6

San Diego215.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%155

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

How far

How far Kernville commutes

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

25%

18%

50%

25%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kernville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kernville are

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

Jobs based in Kernville

496 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Kernville residents hold

335 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

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Jobs based in Kernville, 2013 → 2023: 494 → 496. 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.