Work & commute · Weedpatch

Work & commute in Weedpatch, CA

Most working residents leave Weedpatch for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (26%), Los Angeles (7%) and Edmundson Acres (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 588 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 575 Weedpatch residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 298 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weedpatch.

575live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

298work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weedpatch goes to work

Bakersfield10.9 mi away

26%154

Los Angeles88.7 mi away

7%39

Edmundson Acres4.9 mi away

3%16

Lamont2 mi away

3%16

Weedpatch (in town)right here

2%13

Oildale15 mi away

2%12

Fresno117.8 mi away

2%11

Arvin5.3 mi away

2%10

Santa Clarita61.2 mi away

2%9

Rosedale19.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%300

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

How far

How far Weedpatch commutes

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

25%

30%

39%

25%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weedpatch is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Weedpatch are

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

Jobs based in Weedpatch

311 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Weedpatch residents hold

588 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+18%

Jobs based in Weedpatch, 2013 → 2023: 264 → 311. 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.