Work & commute · McFarland

Work & commute in McFarland, CA

Most working residents leave McFarland for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (15%), Delano (13%) and Shafter (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

546 of 3,963 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 3,417 McFarland residents head out of town to work, 546 work right here, and 2,874 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McFarland.

3,417live here, work elsewhere

546live and work here

2,874work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McFarland goes to work

Bakersfield24.3 mi away

15%602

McFarland (in town)right here

14%546

Delano7.1 mi away

13%529

Shafter13.1 mi away

4%159

Wasco9.2 mi away

2%97

Los Angeles123 mi away

2%94

Fresno83.3 mi away

1%58

Oildale19.9 mi away

1%53

Porterville29.5 mi away

1%40

Visalia46 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,746

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

How far

How far McFarland commutes

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

35%

26%

13%

26%

35%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McFarland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McFarland are

3,420 jobs are based in McFarland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McFarland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McFarland

3,420 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs McFarland residents hold

3,963 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−1%

Jobs based in McFarland, 2013 → 2023: 3,453 → 3,420. 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.