Work & commute · Mesa

Work & commute in Mesa, CA

Most working residents leave Mesa for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bishop (21%), Mammoth Lakes (10%) and Fresno (6%). Half commute less than 55 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 151 working residents

Typical commute

55 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 151 Mesa residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mesa.

151live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mesa goes to work

Bishop8.4 mi away

21%31

Mammoth Lakes28.5 mi away

10%15

Fresno82 mi away

6%9

West Bishop5.1 mi away

6%9

Clovis75 mi away

3%5

San Jose180.1 mi away

3%5

Reno, NV163.5 mi away

3%4

Independence44.4 mi away

3%4

Sanger74.8 mi away

2%3

Sacramento178.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%63

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

How far

How far Mesa commutes

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

31%

13%

51%

31%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

51%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mesa is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mesa are

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

Jobs based in Mesa

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Mesa residents hold

151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+11%

Jobs based in Mesa, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 10. 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.