Work & commute · San Joaquin

Work & commute in San Joaquin, CA

Most working residents leave San Joaquin for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fresno (17%), Kerman (4%) and Visalia (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 579 working residents

Typical commute

31 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 552 San Joaquin residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 616 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Joaquin.

552live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

616work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Joaquin goes to work

Fresno25 mi away

17%98

San Joaquin (in town)right here

5%27

Kerman10.8 mi away

4%25

Visalia51.6 mi away

3%17

Madera25.6 mi away

2%12

Sacramento152.6 mi away

2%10

Tranquillity4.6 mi away

2%9

Los Angeles204.9 mi away

1%8

Clovis32 mi away

1%7

Tulare54.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%359

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

How far

How far San Joaquin commutes

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

11%

27%

22%

40%

11%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Joaquin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in San Joaquin are

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

Jobs based in San Joaquin

643 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs San Joaquin residents hold

579 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−11%

Jobs based in San Joaquin, 2013 → 2023: 725 → 643. 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.