Work & commute · Valley Acres

Work & commute in Valley Acres, CA

Most working residents leave Valley Acres for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (22%), Taft (16%) and Rosedale (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 125 Valley Acres residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley Acres.

125live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valley Acres goes to work

Bakersfield23.3 mi away

22%27

Taft5.7 mi away

16%20

Rosedale17 mi away

4%5

Shafter22.1 mi away

3%4

San Francisco266 mi away

2%3

Fresno110.9 mi away

2%3

Vernon107.8 mi away

2%2

San Buenaventura (Ventura)65.6 mi away

2%2

Santa Clarita75.2 mi away

2%2

Los Angeles99.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%55

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

How far

How far Valley Acres commutes

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

18%

32%

14%

35%

18%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valley Acres 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 Valley Acres are

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

Jobs based in Valley Acres

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month4%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Valley Acres residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+229%

Jobs based in Valley Acres, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 23. 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.