Work & commute · Laton

Work & commute in Laton, CA

Most working residents leave Laton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fresno (14%), Hanford (6%) and Visalia (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 524 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 508 Laton residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laton.

508live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

190work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laton goes to work

Fresno24.9 mi away

14%71

Hanford7.5 mi away

6%31

Visalia21.8 mi away

5%24

Lemoore10.9 mi away

3%18

Laton (in town)right here

3%16

Kingsburg9.8 mi away

2%12

Selma10.8 mi away

2%9

Los Angeles181.8 mi away

2%9

Riverdale9.4 mi away

2%8

Coalinga41.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%319

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

How far

How far Laton commutes

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

32%

35%

10%

24%

32%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laton is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laton are

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

Jobs based in Laton

206 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Laton residents hold

524 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+16%

Jobs based in Laton, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 206. 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.