Every workday, about 340 people come to Shaver Lake for work
Most working residents leave Shaver Lake for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Fresno (24%), Clovis (8%) and Auberry (8%). Half commute less than 32 miles.
What kind of work town is Shaver Lake?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
About 61 minutes each way, longer than most of California
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 19.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shaver Lake workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Shaver Lake fills up on a workday
On a workday 157 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 343 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Shaver Lake on a workday afternoon, 50% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Shaver Lake’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Shaver Lake clocks in
24% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Shaver Lake commutes less than 32 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What the 358 jobs in Shaver Lake are
358 jobs are based in Shaver Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shaver Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shaver Lake, 2013 → 2023: 329 → 358. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Shaver Lake and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Auberry (8%). Darker towns draw more of Shaver Lake’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Shaver Lake
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shaver Lake, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.