Work & commute · Squirrel Mountain Valley

Work & commute in Squirrel Mountain Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Squirrel Mountain Valley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mountain Mesa (12%), Lake Isabella (11%) and Bakersfield (11%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 185 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 182 Squirrel Mountain Valley residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Squirrel Mountain Valley.

182live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Squirrel Mountain Valley goes to work

Mountain Mesa1.6 mi away

12%23

Lake Isabella4.6 mi away

11%21

Bakersfield40 mi away

11%20

Los Angeles110.4 mi away

7%13

Kernville9.6 mi away

7%13

Weldon5.7 mi away

6%11

El Segundo118 mi away

2%3

Squirrel Mountain Valley (in town)right here

2%3

Rosemead108.5 mi away

1%2

Redondo Beach122.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%74

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

How far

How far Squirrel Mountain Valley commutes

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

37%

19%

42%

37%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Squirrel Mountain Valley is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Squirrel Mountain Valley are

34 jobs are based in Squirrel Mountain Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Squirrel Mountain Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Squirrel Mountain Valley

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Squirrel Mountain Valley residents hold

185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+3300%

Jobs based in Squirrel Mountain Valley, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 34. 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.