Work & commute · Potomac Park

Work & commute in Potomac Park, CA

Most working residents leave Potomac Park for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (39%), Los Angeles (4%) and East Niles (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 2,821 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,754 Potomac Park residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 990 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Potomac Park.

2,754live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

990work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Potomac Park goes to work

Bakersfield4.2 mi away

39%1,106

Los Angeles98.1 mi away

4%116

East Niles2.4 mi away

4%100

Oildale5.9 mi away

3%80

Shafter15.5 mi away

2%69

Potomac Park (in town)right here

2%67

Fresno108.5 mi away

1%34

Delano32.5 mi away

1%28

Rosedale13.7 mi away

1%26

Wasco27.7 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,171

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

How far

How far Potomac Park commutes

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

57%

30%

57%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Potomac Park is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Potomac Park are

1,057 jobs are based in Potomac Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Potomac Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Potomac Park

1,057 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Potomac Park residents hold

2,821 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+25%

Jobs based in Potomac Park, 2013 → 2023: 843 → 1,057. 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.