Work & commute · Mountain Mesa

Work & commute in Mountain Mesa, CA

Most working residents leave Mountain Mesa for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (13%), Weldon (8%) and Lake Isabella (7%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

33 of 239 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 206 Mountain Mesa residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountain Mesa.

206live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

367work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountain Mesa goes to work

Mountain Mesa (in town)right here

14%33

Bakersfield40.8 mi away

13%30

Weldon5.4 mi away

8%18

Lake Isabella4.6 mi away

7%17

Los Angeles112.1 mi away

6%15

Kernville8 mi away

4%10

Santa Clarita84.8 mi away

3%7

Ridgecrest41.6 mi away

2%5

Squirrel Mountain Valley1.6 mi away

2%4

Wofford Heights6.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%96

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

How far

How far Mountain Mesa commutes

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

38%

22%

40%

38%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountain Mesa is a job hub

1.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountain Mesa are

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

Jobs based in Mountain Mesa

400 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Mountain Mesa residents hold

239 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+33%

Jobs based in Mountain Mesa, 2013 → 2023: 300 → 400. 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.