Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Allensworth works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Allensworth itself; outside it, Fresno draws the most (10%, 68 miles). Allensworth has 6 jobs, against 130 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Allensworth by day
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Allensworth on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Allensworth: the destinations
Where Allensworth clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Allensworth: what the 6 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Allensworth, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 6. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allensworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Allensworth
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Allensworth workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 143 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Allensworth
About 38% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Allensworth: questions
What is the median household income in Allensworth?
$55,714 (±$5,494) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Allensworth?
20.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Allensworth?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Allensworth work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (10%, 68 mi), Delano (8%, 9 mi), Sanger (5%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Allensworth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Allensworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Allensworth
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.