Making a living in Bass Lake
Bass Lake has 341 jobs, and 246 of its residents work somewhere. For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where California as a whole has 17%. Only 2% stay in Bass Lake for work; outside it, Fresno is the main destination (30%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Bass Lake, in brief
The towns that employ Bass Lake’s residents
Where Bass Lake clocks in
30% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Bass Lake
On a workday 241 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 336 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Bass Lake on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Services make up most of the work in Bass Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bass Lake, 2014 → 2024: 90 → 341. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bass Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bass Lake
of Bass Lake workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 175 commuters (the 6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Bass Lake
About 24% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bass Lake and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Oakhurst (9%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Bass Lake’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Bass Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Bass Lake?
$133,964 (±$72,882) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bass Lake?
21.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bass Lake work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (30%, 40 mi), Oakhurst (9%, 4 mi), Clovis (6%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bass Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bass Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bass Lake
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.