Work & commute · Yosemite Valley

Work & commute in Yosemite Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Yosemite Valley for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Fresno (7%), San Francisco (4%) and San Jose (3%). Half commute less than 101 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

47 of 264 working residents

Typical commute

101 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 217 Yosemite Valley residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 1,016 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yosemite Valley.

217live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

1,016work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yosemite Valley goes to work

Yosemite Valley (in town)right here

18%47

Fresno67.4 mi away

7%18

San Francisco188.8 mi away

4%11

San Jose126.4 mi away

3%8

Stockton95.8 mi away

3%7

Sacramento117.5 mi away

2%6

El Portal12.4 mi away

2%6

Bakersfield167.8 mi away

2%5

Reno, NV125.7 mi away

2%5

Madera60.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%147

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

How far

How far Yosemite Valley commutes

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

18%

73%

18%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

73%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yosemite Valley is a job hub

4.03jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Yosemite Valley are

1,063 jobs are based in Yosemite Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yosemite Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Yosemite Valley

1,063 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Yosemite Valley residents hold

264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+16%

Jobs based in Yosemite Valley, 2013 → 2023: 915 → 1,063. 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.