Work & commute · Taft Heights

Work & commute in Taft Heights, CA

Most working residents leave Taft Heights for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Taft (23%), Bakersfield (20%) and Fresno (2%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 581 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 578 Taft Heights residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taft Heights.

578live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taft Heights goes to work

Taft2.7 mi away

23%131

Bakersfield28.8 mi away

20%118

Fresno115.4 mi away

2%14

South Taft0.8 mi away

2%14

Los Angeles97.8 mi away

2%13

Ford City2.3 mi away

2%12

Rosedale23.1 mi away

2%12

Visalia83 mi away

2%10

Delano45.2 mi away

1%6

Maricopa6.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%246

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

How far

How far Taft Heights commutes

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

31%

29%

35%

31%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taft Heights is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Taft Heights are

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

Jobs based in Taft Heights

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Taft Heights residents hold

581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−8%

Jobs based in Taft Heights, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 12. 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.