Work & commute · Lone Pine

Work & commute in Lone Pine, CA

About one in 3 of Lone Pine’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Olancha (4%), Independence (4%) and Fresno (3%). Half commute less than 69 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

138 of 453 working residents

Typical commute

69 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 315 Lone Pine residents head out of town to work, 138 work right here, and 568 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lone Pine.

315live here, work elsewhere

138live and work here

568work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lone Pine goes to work

Lone Pine (in town)right here

30%138

Olancha21.5 mi away

4%20

Independence19 mi away

4%18

Fresno96.1 mi away

3%14

Tecopa116.8 mi away

3%14

Bishop57.5 mi away

3%13

Mammoth Lakes88.1 mi away

2%8

Ridgecrest69.4 mi away

2%8

Los Angeles177.5 mi away

1%6

Bakersfield99.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%208

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

How far

How far Lone Pine commutes

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

31%

58%

31%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

58%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lone Pine is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lone Pine are

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

Jobs based in Lone Pine

706 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Lone Pine residents hold

453 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−29%

Jobs based in Lone Pine, 2013 → 2023: 994 → 706. 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.