Alpaugh has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Alpaugh report 81 jobs for 210 working residents. Only 2% work in Alpaugh; the top destination outside it is Delano (10%, 15 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Alpaugh apart on work
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Alpaugh workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 210 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Alpaugh to work
About 36% 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.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Alpaugh
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alpaugh workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 264 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.
The daily commute in and out of Alpaugh
On a workday 206 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Alpaugh on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
Where the trip to work from Alpaugh ends
Where Alpaugh clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Alpaugh is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alpaugh, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 81. 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 Alpaugh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Alpaugh: questions
What is the median household income in Alpaugh?
$37,000 (±$25,020) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alpaugh?
50.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alpaugh?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alpaugh work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Delano (10%, 15 mi), Visalia (5%, 32 mi), Fresno (4%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Alpaugh without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alpaugh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alpaugh
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.