Work & commute · Volta

Work & commute in Volta, CA

Most working residents leave Volta for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Los Banos (8%), Turlock (5%) and San Jose (5%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 130 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 128 Volta residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Volta.

128live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

203work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Volta goes to work

Los Banos4.3 mi away

8%10

Turlock29.4 mi away

5%7

San Jose51.7 mi away

5%6

Santa Nella5.7 mi away

5%6

Modesto38.7 mi away

4%5

Gilroy37.4 mi away

3%4

Tracy53.5 mi away

3%4

Gustine12.6 mi away

2%3

Santa Clara61.2 mi away

2%3

Merced29.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%79

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

How far

How far Volta commutes

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

21%

25%

48%

21%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Volta is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Volta are

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

Jobs based in Volta

205 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Volta residents hold

130 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−50%

Jobs based in Volta, 2013 → 2023: 406 → 205. 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.