Work & commute · Porterville

Work & commute in Porterville, CA

About one in 3 of Porterville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Visalia (10%), Fresno (4%) and Terra Bella (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

6,660 of 21,241 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 14,581 Porterville residents head out of town to work, 6,660 work right here, and 9,198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Porterville.

14,581live here, work elsewhere

6,660live and work here

9,198work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Porterville goes to work

Porterville (in town)right here

31%6,660

Visalia24.6 mi away

10%2,095

Fresno65.3 mi away

4%827

Terra Bella7.2 mi away

3%585

Tulare19.5 mi away

2%476

Bakersfield49.1 mi away

2%434

Delano24.2 mi away

2%414

Lindsay10.6 mi away

2%398

Corcoran29.5 mi away

2%366

Los Angeles145.6 mi away

1%308

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%8,678

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

How far

How far Porterville commutes

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

43%

19%

12%

25%

43%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Porterville is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Porterville are

15,858 jobs are based in Porterville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Porterville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Porterville

15,858 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Porterville residents hold

21,241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−3%

Jobs based in Porterville, 2013 → 2023: 16,287 → 15,858. 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.