Work & commute · Weldon

Work & commute in Weldon, CA

Most working residents leave Weldon for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Mountain Mesa (15%), Bakersfield (11%) and Lake Isabella (10%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 616 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 576 Weldon residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weldon.

576live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

175work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weldon goes to work

Mountain Mesa5.4 mi away

15%90

Bakersfield45.7 mi away

11%65

Lake Isabella10 mi away

10%60

Weldon (in town)right here

6%40

Los Angeles112.4 mi away

6%35

Kernville10.3 mi away

5%31

Ridgecrest36.2 mi away

2%15

Fresno114.3 mi away

2%14

Santa Clarita85.5 mi away

2%12

San Diego205.9 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%245

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

How far

How far Weldon commutes

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

35%

19%

41%

35%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weldon is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Weldon are

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

Jobs based in Weldon

215 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Weldon residents hold

616 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+2%

Jobs based in Weldon, 2013 → 2023: 210 → 215. 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.