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Work & commute in Los Banos, CA

About one in 5 of Los Banos’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Merced (4%), San Jose (4%) and Modesto (4%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
21%
2,986 of 14,158 working residents
Typical commute
42 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
55 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,172 Los Banos residents head out of town to work, 2,986 work right here, and 3,801 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Los Banos.

11,172live here, work elsewhere
2,986live and work here
3,801work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Los Banos goes to work

Dos PalosAtwaterHollisterLos BanosMorgan HillTurlockGilroyMercedMaderaModestoSan JoseSacramentoFresnoSanta NellaMercedSan JoseModestoGilroyFresnoTurlockHollisterMorgan HillSacramentoLos Banos
1
Los Banos (in town)right here
21%2,986
2
Merced26.6 mi away
4%549
3
San Jose56 mi away
4%538
4
Modesto40.7 mi away
4%525
5
Gilroy41.3 mi away
3%450
6
Fresno60.8 mi away
3%449
7
Turlock30.6 mi away
2%328
8
Hollister34 mi away
2%305
9
Morgan Hill44.4 mi away
2%297
10
Sacramento109.5 mi away
1%211
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%7,520

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

How far

How far Los Banos commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
7%10–24 mi
25%25–50 mi
42%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Los Banos is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Los Banos are

6,787 jobs are based in Los Banos. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Los Banos’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Los Banos

6,787 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Los Banos residents hold

14,158 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+40%

Jobs based in Los Banos, 2013 → 2023: 4,854 → 6,787. 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.

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