Work & commute · Mendota

Work & commute in Mendota, CA

Most working residents leave Mendota for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Fresno (13%), Firebaugh (4%) and Kerman (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

401 of 2,708 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 2,307 Mendota residents head out of town to work, 401 work right here, and 1,122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mendota.

2,307live here, work elsewhere

401live and work here

1,122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mendota goes to work

Mendota (in town)right here

15%401

Fresno32.4 mi away

13%346

Firebaugh7.6 mi away

4%118

Kerman17.7 mi away

4%117

Madera21.7 mi away

3%78

Visalia65.5 mi away

2%45

Los Angeles219.3 mi away

1%39

Tulare69.5 mi away

1%34

Clovis39 mi away

1%30

San Francisco160.5 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,475

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

How far

How far Mendota commutes

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

26%

16%

24%

34%

26%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mendota is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mendota are

1,523 jobs are based in Mendota. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mendota’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mendota

1,523 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Mendota residents hold

2,708 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+47%

Jobs based in Mendota, 2013 → 2023: 1,037 → 1,523. 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.