Work & commute · Planada

Work & commute in Planada, CA

Most working residents leave Planada for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Merced (16%), Fresno (5%) and San Jose (4%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 1,052 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,008 Planada residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 242 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Planada.

1,008live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

242work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Planada goes to work

Merced8.3 mi away

16%167

Fresno45.5 mi away

5%48

San Jose82.1 mi away

4%47

Planada (in town)right here

4%44

Modesto44.4 mi away

3%32

Le Grand5.6 mi away

3%27

Atwater15.6 mi away

2%26

Turlock33 mi away

2%26

Sacramento108.1 mi away

2%17

San Francisco151.6 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%602

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

How far

How far Planada commutes

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

30%

12%

20%

38%

30%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Planada is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Planada are

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

Jobs based in Planada

286 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Planada residents hold

1,052 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+91%

Jobs based in Planada, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 286. 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.