Work & commute · Riverdale

Work & commute in Riverdale, CA

Most working residents leave Riverdale for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Fresno (14%), Hanford (4%) and Visalia (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

144 of 1,200 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 1,056 Riverdale residents head out of town to work, 144 work right here, and 461 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverdale.

1,056live here, work elsewhere

144live and work here

461work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverdale goes to work

Fresno24.7 mi away

14%169

Riverdale (in town)right here

12%144

Hanford13.8 mi away

4%43

Visalia30.9 mi away

3%35

Lemoore10.1 mi away

3%31

Coalinga33.4 mi away

2%22

Clovis29.3 mi away

2%18

Sanger25.4 mi away

1%11

Madera39 mi away

1%10

Los Angeles185.8 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%708

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

How far

How far Riverdale commutes

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

31%

28%

19%

22%

31%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riverdale is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverdale are

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

Jobs based in Riverdale

605 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Riverdale residents hold

1,200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+2%

Jobs based in Riverdale, 2013 → 2023: 593 → 605. 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.