Work & commute · Woodlake

Work & commute in Woodlake, CA

Most working residents leave Woodlake for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Visalia (23%), Fresno (7%) and Exeter (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

352 of 2,677 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,325 Woodlake residents head out of town to work, 352 work right here, and 1,148 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodlake.

2,325live here, work elsewhere

352live and work here

1,148work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodlake goes to work

Visalia13.9 mi away

23%603

Woodlake (in town)right here

13%352

Fresno46.3 mi away

7%175

Exeter8.6 mi away

3%74

Tulare19.8 mi away

2%63

Bakersfield73.3 mi away

2%51

Porterville24.4 mi away

2%49

Los Angeles169.9 mi away

2%43

Farmersville9.6 mi away

1%40

Ivanhoe6.9 mi away

1%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,189

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

How far

How far Woodlake commutes

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

29%

36%

13%

22%

29%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodlake is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodlake are

1,500 jobs are based in Woodlake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodlake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodlake

1,500 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Woodlake residents hold

2,677 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+33%

Jobs based in Woodlake, 2013 → 2023: 1,124 → 1,500. 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.