Work & commute · Maricopa

Work & commute in Maricopa, CA

Most working residents leave Maricopa for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (22%), Taft (16%) and Los Angeles (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 286 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 261 Maricopa residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 435 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maricopa.

261live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

435work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maricopa goes to work

Bakersfield29.5 mi away

22%64

Taft5.3 mi away

16%47

Maricopa (in town)right here

9%25

Los Angeles91.1 mi away

3%10

Fresno121.6 mi away

2%6

Oildale33.7 mi away

2%5

San Bernardino135.6 mi away

1%4

Rosedale25.9 mi away

1%4

Santa Clarita67.6 mi away

1%3

San Diego201.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%115

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

How far

How far Maricopa commutes

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

29%

32%

29%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maricopa is a job hub

1.61jobs 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 Maricopa are

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

Jobs based in Maricopa

460 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Maricopa residents hold

286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+283%

Jobs based in Maricopa, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 460. 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.