Work & commute · Tulare

Work & commute in Tulare, CA

About one in 4 of Tulare’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Visalia (23%), Fresno (4%) and Porterville (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

5,623 of 24,341 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 18,718 Tulare residents head out of town to work, 5,623 work right here, and 11,019 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tulare.

18,718live here, work elsewhere

5,623live and work here

11,019work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tulare goes to work

Visalia8.9 mi away

23%5,668

Tulare (in town)right here

23%5,623

Fresno47.6 mi away

4%920

Porterville19.5 mi away

2%520

Corcoran14.7 mi away

2%492

Bakersfield60.9 mi away

2%454

Delano30.3 mi away

2%390

Los Angeles159.6 mi away

1%317

Exeter12.6 mi away

1%268

Hanford19.6 mi away

1%254

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%9,435

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

How far

How far Tulare commutes

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

49%

20%

22%

49%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tulare is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tulare are

16,642 jobs are based in Tulare. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tulare’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tulare

16,642 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Tulare residents hold

24,341 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+10%

Jobs based in Tulare, 2013 → 2023: 15,099 → 16,642. 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.