Work & commute · Selma

Work & commute in Selma, CA

Most working residents leave Selma for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Fresno (25%), Kingsburg (4%) and Visalia (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,073 of 8,895 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 7,822 Selma residents head out of town to work, 1,073 work right here, and 5,066 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Selma.

7,822live here, work elsewhere

1,073live and work here

5,066work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Selma goes to work

Fresno17.7 mi away

25%2,242

Selma (in town)right here

12%1,073

Kingsburg4.2 mi away

4%385

Visalia23.1 mi away

4%313

Clovis18.1 mi away

3%252

Fowler5 mi away

2%183

Reedley9.4 mi away

2%174

Sanger9.4 mi away

2%155

Dinuba12.1 mi away

2%152

Hanford17 mi away

2%147

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,819

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

How far

How far Selma commutes

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

33%

41%

20%

33%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Selma is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Selma are

6,139 jobs are based in Selma. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Selma’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Selma

6,139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Selma residents hold

8,895 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+31%

Jobs based in Selma, 2013 → 2023: 4,698 → 6,139. 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.