Work & commute · South Dos Palos

Work & commute in South Dos Palos, CA

Most working residents leave South Dos Palos for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Dos Palos (15%), Los Banos (8%) and Fresno (8%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 467 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 463 South Dos Palos residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Dos Palos.

463live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Dos Palos goes to work

Dos Palos1.2 mi away

15%72

Los Banos12.4 mi away

8%37

Fresno48.8 mi away

8%37

Madera31 mi away

3%15

Firebaugh13.5 mi away

3%14

Los Angeles239.6 mi away

2%9

Bakersfield143.3 mi away

1%7

Chowchilla24.5 mi away

1%6

Sacramento119.1 mi away

1%6

Hanford70.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%259

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

How far

How far South Dos Palos commutes

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

25%

20%

16%

39%

25%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Dos Palos is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Dos Palos are

16 jobs are based in South Dos Palos. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Dos Palos’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Dos Palos

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs South Dos Palos residents hold

467 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+14%

Jobs based in South Dos Palos, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 16. 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.