Work & commute · Wasco

Work & commute in Wasco, CA

Most working residents leave Wasco for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (16%), Shafter (7%) and Delano (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,321 of 7,921 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 6,600 Wasco residents head out of town to work, 1,321 work right here, and 4,129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wasco.

6,600live here, work elsewhere

1,321live and work here

4,129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wasco goes to work

Wasco (in town)right here

17%1,321

Bakersfield24.9 mi away

16%1,250

Shafter12.2 mi away

7%589

Delano13.3 mi away

4%350

Los Angeles121.6 mi away

3%201

Fresno85.6 mi away

2%127

McFarland9.2 mi away

2%119

Visalia50.9 mi away

1%111

Lost Hills17.7 mi away

1%110

Oildale22.1 mi away

1%98

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%3,645

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

How far

How far Wasco commutes

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

27%

32%

12%

29%

27%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wasco is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wasco are

5,450 jobs are based in Wasco. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wasco’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wasco

5,450 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Wasco residents hold

7,921 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+12%

Jobs based in Wasco, 2013 → 2023: 4,846 → 5,450. 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.