Work & commute · Madera

Work & commute in Madera, CA

About one in 4 of Madera’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fresno (18%), Chowchilla (3%) and Clovis (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

6,192 of 22,579 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 16,387 Madera residents head out of town to work, 6,192 work right here, and 12,764 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madera.

16,387live here, work elsewhere

6,192live and work here

12,764work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madera goes to work

Madera (in town)right here

27%6,192

Fresno20.4 mi away

18%4,142

Chowchilla13.5 mi away

3%681

Clovis24.3 mi away

2%468

Merced31.9 mi away

2%347

San Jose97.9 mi away

1%258

Kerman16.7 mi away

1%216

Madera Acres3.2 mi away

1%190

Coarsegold28.4 mi away

1%189

San Francisco170.2 mi away

1%167

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%9,729

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

How far

How far Madera commutes

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

37%

28%

11%

25%

37%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madera is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Madera are

18,956 jobs are based in Madera. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Madera’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Madera

18,956 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Madera residents hold

22,579 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+39%

Jobs based in Madera, 2013 → 2023: 13,617 → 18,956. 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.