Work & commute · Mammoth Lakes

Work & commute in Mammoth Lakes, CA

52% of Mammoth Lakes’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (2%), Bridgeport (2%) and Fresno (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52%

1,595 of 3,054 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,459 Mammoth Lakes residents head out of town to work, 1,595 work right here, and 3,713 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mammoth Lakes.

1,459live here, work elsewhere

1,595live and work here

3,713work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mammoth Lakes goes to work

Mammoth Lakes (in town)right here

52%1,595

San Francisco221.2 mi away

2%76

Bridgeport45.2 mi away

2%72

Fresno73.2 mi away

2%56

San Jose156.6 mi away

2%49

Sacramento149.8 mi away

1%37

Bishop36.9 mi away

1%28

Bakersfield157 mi away

1%26

Reno, NV140.9 mi away

1%23

Merced84.1 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,070

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

How far

How far Mammoth Lakes commutes

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

53%

41%

53%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mammoth Lakes is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mammoth Lakes are

5,308 jobs are based in Mammoth Lakes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mammoth Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mammoth Lakes

5,308 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Mammoth Lakes residents hold

3,054 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+21%

Jobs based in Mammoth Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 4,386 → 5,308. 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.