Work & commute · Lebec

Work & commute in Lebec, CA

Most working residents leave Lebec for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (11%), Los Angeles (6%) and Frazier Park (4%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 313 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 298 Lebec residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 214 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lebec.

298live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

214work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lebec goes to work

Bakersfield36 mi away

11%34

Los Angeles63.4 mi away

6%19

Lebec (in town)right here

5%15

Frazier Park3.8 mi away

4%14

Fresno143 mi away

4%11

Burbank55.8 mi away

2%5

Porterville84.6 mi away

2%5

Visalia105.4 mi away

2%5

Stallion Springs21.9 mi away

2%5

Eastvale96.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%197

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

How far

How far Lebec commutes

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

21%

23%

49%

21%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lebec is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lebec are

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

Jobs based in Lebec

229 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Lebec residents hold

313 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+17%

Jobs based in Lebec, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 229. 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.