Work & commute · Stratford

Work & commute in Stratford, CA

Most working residents leave Stratford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hanford (9%), Fresno (7%) and Lemoore (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 270 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 266 Stratford residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stratford.

266live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stratford goes to work

Hanford13.4 mi away

9%24

Fresno41.1 mi away

7%20

Lemoore7.5 mi away

6%17

Visalia29.3 mi away

5%13

Coalinga29.1 mi away

2%6

Los Angeles169.8 mi away

2%6

Kingsburg27.3 mi away

1%4

Tulare26.9 mi away

1%4

Bakersfield72.6 mi away

1%4

Stratford (in town)right here

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%168

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

How far

How far Stratford commutes

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

22%

24%

27%

22%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stratford is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stratford are

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

Jobs based in Stratford

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Stratford residents hold

270 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−60%

Jobs based in Stratford, 2013 → 2023: 240 → 97. 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.