Work & commute · North Fork

Work & commute in North Fork, CA

Most working residents leave North Fork for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Fresno (29%), Oakhurst (7%) and Clovis (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 1,302 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,225 North Fork residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 1,529 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Fork.

1,225live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

1,529work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Fork goes to work

Fresno34.7 mi away

29%382

Oakhurst9.4 mi away

7%91

North Fork (in town)right here

6%77

Clovis29.5 mi away

4%50

Coarsegold9.9 mi away

4%48

Bass Lake6.7 mi away

3%45

Madera36.2 mi away

3%44

Yosemite Valley35.2 mi away

1%16

Los Angeles230.7 mi away

1%12

Visalia63.5 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%526

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

How far

How far North Fork commutes

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

16%

11%

47%

27%

16%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

47%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Fork is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Fork are

1,606 jobs are based in North Fork. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Fork’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Fork

1,606 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs North Fork residents hold

1,302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+444%

Jobs based in North Fork, 2013 → 2023: 295 → 1,606. 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.