Work & commute · Pumpkin Center

Work & commute in Pumpkin Center, CA

Most working residents leave Pumpkin Center for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (53%), Shafter (3%) and Los Angeles (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 160 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 160 Pumpkin Center residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pumpkin Center.

160live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pumpkin Center goes to work

Bakersfield6.1 mi away

53%85

Shafter17.6 mi away

3%4

Los Angeles93.1 mi away

3%4

East Niles9.4 mi away

3%4

Arvin12.4 mi away

2%3

Oildale11.3 mi away

2%3

Burbank84.4 mi away

1%2

Santa Ana124.2 mi away

1%2

Ontario117.4 mi away

1%2

West Hollywood89.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%50

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

How far

How far Pumpkin Center commutes

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

60%

18%

20%

60%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pumpkin Center is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pumpkin Center are

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

Jobs based in Pumpkin Center

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Pumpkin Center residents hold

160 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+3%

Jobs based in Pumpkin Center, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 138. 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.