Work & commute · Waukena

Work & commute in Waukena, CA

Most working residents leave Waukena for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tulare (10%), Visalia (10%) and Parlier (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 29 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 28 Waukena residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waukena.

28live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waukena goes to work

Tulare10.4 mi away

10%3

Visalia16.7 mi away

10%3

Parlier32.5 mi away

3%1

Bell Gardens168.7 mi away

3%1

El Segundo165.8 mi away

3%1

Los Banos97.5 mi away

3%1

Santa Cruz151.5 mi away

3%1

Hanford15.3 mi away

3%1

Rialto184.1 mi away

3%1

Santa Ana189.9 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%15

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

How far

How far Waukena commutes

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

31%

28%

10%

31%

31%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waukena is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waukena are

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

Jobs based in Waukena

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Waukena residents hold

29 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+169%

Jobs based in Waukena, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 43. 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.