Photo: David Jordan at English Wikipedia (Original text: David Jordan) · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Bodfish are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
5% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%). 31.5% of residents are in poverty, against 12.0% across California. Bodfish grades D− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Bodfish: the gist
Bodfish is a place people come home to
There are 58 jobs based in Bodfish, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bodfish has about 1,200 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bodfish and Lake Isabella trade workers both ways
Lake Isabella is the top workplace for Bodfish residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Bodfish come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
44% 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 ↓
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 517 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Bodfish
On income, poverty and job access, Bodfish is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bodfish’s grade.
Unemployment (17.3%) is left out: Bodfish’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bodfish could be anywhere from D− to C.
Bodfish on a workday afternoon
On a workday 504 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Bodfish on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.11 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Lake Isabella
Where Bodfish clocks in
12% 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.
Bodfish’s commute, mile by mile
About 44% 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.
Bodfish is a services town
58 jobs are based in Bodfish.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bodfish, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 58. 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 Bodfish’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bodfish workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 571 commuters (the 5% 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.
Most trips from Bodfish start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bodfish is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 602 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 7% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 15.3% of Bodfish households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bodfish’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, and where Bodfish sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,737 | Ridgely TN | 1,616 | $24K | 43.6% | 8.0% | 8% | D− |
| 5,738 | Bombay NY | 1,252 | $30K | 29.5% | 12.6% | 2% | D− |
| 5,739 | Bodfish CA | 1,694 | $40K | 31.5% | 17.3% | 3% | D− |
| 5,740 | North Eagle Butte SD | 1,481 | $34K | 52.6% | 27.5% | 53% | D− |
| 5,741 | Siesta Shores TX | 1,640 | $35K | 48.8% | 8.2% | 1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bodfish, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Bordering towns draw 16% of Bodfish’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bodfish workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodfish | – | D− | B− | 20 min | $39,863 |
| Lake Isabella | 16% | D− | C+ | 19 min | $26,661 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lake Isabella. Darker towns draw more of Bodfish’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 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 Bodfish: questions
What is the median household income in Bodfish?
$39,863 (±$6,014) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bodfish?
31.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bodfish?
20 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bodfish work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake Isabella (16%, 4 mi), Bakersfield (12%, 35 mi), Los Angeles (5%, 108 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bodfish walkable?
Bodfish is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bodfish without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bodfish, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bodfish
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.