Work & commute · Terra Bella

Work & commute in Terra Bella, CA

Most working residents leave Terra Bella for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Porterville (17%), Visalia (6%) and Fresno (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 578 working residents

Typical commute

29 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 534 Terra Bella residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 1,430 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Terra Bella.

534live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

1,430work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Terra Bella goes to work

Porterville7.2 mi away

17%97

Terra Bella (in town)right here

8%44

Visalia30.2 mi away

6%32

Fresno70.8 mi away

5%29

Bakersfield41.9 mi away

4%25

Delano18.4 mi away

4%23

San Jose179.5 mi away

1%7

Lindsay17.5 mi away

1%6

San Diego242.3 mi away

1%6

Los Angeles138.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%303

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

How far

How far Terra Bella commutes

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

29%

17%

19%

35%

29%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Terra Bella is a job hub

2.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Terra Bella are

1,474 jobs are based in Terra Bella. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Terra Bella’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Terra Bella

1,474 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Terra Bella residents hold

578 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+70%

Jobs based in Terra Bella, 2013 → 2023: 869 → 1,474. 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.