Work & commute · Onyx

Work & commute in Onyx, CA

Most working residents leave Onyx for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Kernville (22%), Los Angeles (7%) and Bakersfield (6%). Half commute less than 54 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 104 working residents

Typical commute

54 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 104 Onyx residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Onyx.

104live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Onyx goes to work

Kernville12.8 mi away

22%23

Los Angeles114.5 mi away

7%7

Bakersfield50.6 mi away

6%6

Lake Isabella14.8 mi away

6%6

Mountain Mesa10.2 mi away

5%5

Santa Clarita88 mi away

4%4

Fresno116.4 mi away

3%3

Los Alamitos129.8 mi away

2%2

San Buenaventura (Ventura)113 mi away

2%2

Ridgecrest31.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%44

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

How far

How far Onyx commutes

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

33%

57%

1%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Onyx 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 Onyx are

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

Jobs based in Onyx

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities71%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less86%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Onyx residents hold

104 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+0%

Jobs based in Onyx, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 7. 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.