Work & commute · Oakhurst

Work & commute in Oakhurst, CA

About one in 4 of Oakhurst’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fresno (9%), Mariposa (3%) and Madera (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

558 of 1,982 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,424 Oakhurst residents head out of town to work, 558 work right here, and 2,329 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakhurst.

1,424live here, work elsewhere

558live and work here

2,329work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakhurst goes to work

Oakhurst (in town)right here

28%558

Fresno39.7 mi away

9%172

Mariposa21.7 mi away

3%64

Madera36.2 mi away

3%52

Yosemite Valley27.8 mi away

3%52

Coarsegold8.2 mi away

3%50

Bass Lake3.6 mi away

2%46

North Fork9.4 mi away

2%40

Clovis35.6 mi away

1%27

Ahwahnee5.2 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%896

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

How far

How far Oakhurst commutes

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

38%

11%

19%

32%

38%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakhurst is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakhurst are

2,887 jobs are based in Oakhurst. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oakhurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oakhurst

2,887 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Oakhurst residents hold

1,982 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+35%

Jobs based in Oakhurst, 2013 → 2023: 2,136 → 2,887. 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.