Work & commute · Visalia

Work & commute in Visalia, CA

44% of Visalia’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Fresno (6%), Tulare (6%) and Hanford (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

23,778 of 53,524 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 29,746 Visalia residents head out of town to work, 23,778 work right here, and 37,867 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Visalia.

29,746live here, work elsewhere

23,778live and work here

37,867work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Visalia goes to work

Visalia (in town)right here

44%23,778

Fresno40.7 mi away

6%3,025

Tulare8.9 mi away

6%2,948

Hanford18.2 mi away

2%1,104

Bakersfield69.4 mi away

2%804

Corcoran21.4 mi away

1%775

Los Angeles167.8 mi away

1%743

Exeter10.4 mi away

1%669

Dinuba15.4 mi away

1%654

Porterville24.6 mi away

1%651

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%18,373

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

How far

How far Visalia commutes

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

55%

14%

11%

21%

55%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Visalia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Visalia are

61,645 jobs are based in Visalia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Visalia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Visalia

61,645 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Visalia residents hold

53,524 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+29%

Jobs based in Visalia, 2013 → 2023: 47,916 → 61,645. 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.