Work & commute · Mariposa

Work & commute in Mariposa, CA

About one in 5 of Mariposa’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Yosemite Valley (6%), Merced (4%) and Fresno (4%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

111 of 557 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 446 Mariposa residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 2,399 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mariposa.

446live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

2,399work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mariposa goes to work

Mariposa (in town)right here

20%111

Yosemite Valley27.8 mi away

6%31

Merced30 mi away

4%24

Fresno49.9 mi away

4%23

Oakhurst21.7 mi away

4%22

San Francisco168.2 mi away

3%15

San Jose102 mi away

2%13

Sacramento110.2 mi away

2%10

Bootjack5 mi away

2%9

Oakland124.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%291

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

How far

How far Mariposa commutes

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

28%

19%

46%

28%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mariposa is a job hub

4.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mariposa are

2,510 jobs are based in Mariposa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mariposa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mariposa

2,510 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Mariposa residents hold

557 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+91%

Jobs based in Mariposa, 2013 → 2023: 1,312 → 2,510. 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.