With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Big Creek works elsewhere
At home: 19% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%). Big Creek has 4 jobs, and 49 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Big Creek; the top destination outside it is Fresno (27%, 42 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Big Creek: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24 people are in Big Creek on a workday afternoon, 65% 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.
The places Big Creek commutes to
Where Big Creek clocks in
27% 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.
What Big Creek’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Big Creek, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 4. 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 Big Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Big Creek
of Big Creek workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 commuters (the 19% 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 distance from Big Creek to work
About 35% 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 Big Creek: questions
What is the poverty rate in Big Creek?
30.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Big Creek work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (27%, 42 mi), Shaver Lake (12%, 8 mi), Auberry (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Big Creek 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 Big Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Creek
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.