Work & commute · West Bishop

Work & commute in West Bishop, CA

Most working residents leave West Bishop for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bishop (32%), Mammoth Lakes (9%) and Fresno (3%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

85 of 1,379 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,294 West Bishop residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 228 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Bishop.

1,294live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

228work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Bishop goes to work

Bishop4.2 mi away

32%438

Mammoth Lakes33.5 mi away

9%125

West Bishop (in town)right here

6%85

Fresno83.1 mi away

3%46

Independence39.6 mi away

2%32

Sacramento183.1 mi away

2%31

Dixon Lane-MeadowCreek3.7 mi away

2%27

San Jose183.5 mi away

2%22

Bakersfield142.3 mi away

1%20

Big Pine16.8 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%535

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

How far

How far West Bishop commutes

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

44%

12%

42%

44%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Bishop is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Bishop are

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

Jobs based in West Bishop

313 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs West Bishop residents hold

1,379 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+15%

Jobs based in West Bishop, 2013 → 2023: 272 → 313. 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.