Work & commute · Lamont

Work & commute in Lamont, CA

Most working residents leave Lamont for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (25%), Los Angeles (5%) and Arvin (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

341 of 4,180 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 3,839 Lamont residents head out of town to work, 341 work right here, and 1,380 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lamont.

3,839live here, work elsewhere

341live and work here

1,380work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lamont goes to work

Bakersfield9.2 mi away

25%1,055

Lamont (in town)right here

8%341

Los Angeles90.7 mi away

5%215

Arvin6.9 mi away

2%91

Shafter21.9 mi away

2%86

East Niles7.1 mi away

2%80

Weedpatch2 mi away

1%58

Fresno115.8 mi away

1%57

Oildale13 mi away

1%50

Rosedale18.4 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,104

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

How far

How far Lamont commutes

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

36%

23%

35%

36%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lamont is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lamont are

1,721 jobs are based in Lamont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lamont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lamont

1,721 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Lamont residents hold

4,180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−35%

Jobs based in Lamont, 2013 → 2023: 2,630 → 1,721. 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.