Work & commute · La Cresta

Work & commute in La Cresta, CA

Most working residents leave La Cresta for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (42%), Los Angeles (4%) and Oildale (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 2,785 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 2,754 La Cresta residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Cresta.

2,754live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Cresta goes to work

Bakersfield4.1 mi away

42%1,174

Los Angeles100.7 mi away

4%108

Oildale3.2 mi away

3%74

East Niles4.3 mi away

2%48

Shafter13.2 mi away

2%43

Fresno105.8 mi away

1%35

La Cresta (in town)right here

1%31

Hillcrest2.2 mi away

1%24

Rosedale12.2 mi away

1%24

Delano29.8 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,201

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

How far

How far La Cresta commutes

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

58%

32%

58%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Cresta is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Cresta are

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

Jobs based in La Cresta

319 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs La Cresta residents hold

2,785 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−3%

Jobs based in La Cresta, 2013 → 2023: 330 → 319. 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.