Work & commute · Lindsay

Work & commute in Lindsay, CA

Most working residents leave Lindsay for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Visalia (13%), Porterville (8%) and Fresno (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

648 of 4,298 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 3,650 Lindsay residents head out of town to work, 648 work right here, and 2,060 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lindsay.

3,650live here, work elsewhere

648live and work here

2,060work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lindsay goes to work

Lindsay (in town)right here

15%648

Visalia15.4 mi away

13%550

Porterville10.6 mi away

8%348

Fresno55.6 mi away

5%225

Tulare13.8 mi away

4%153

Exeter6.6 mi away

2%98

Bakersfield59.2 mi away

2%89

Los Angeles156.1 mi away

1%58

Clovis53.8 mi away

1%44

Terra Bella17.5 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,043

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

How far

How far Lindsay commutes

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

34%

30%

29%

34%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lindsay is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lindsay are

2,708 jobs are based in Lindsay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lindsay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lindsay

2,708 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Lindsay residents hold

4,298 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−4%

Jobs based in Lindsay, 2013 → 2023: 2,819 → 2,708. 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.