Photo: Hammond's Studio · Public domainCamp Nelson has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Employers in Camp Nelson report 11 jobs, against 21 working residents. Hardly any stay in Camp Nelson for work; outside it, Delano is the main destination (10%, 45 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Camp Nelson for work, and who comes in
On a workday 21 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
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 Camp Nelson goes to work
Where Camp Nelson clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Camp Nelson
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Camp Nelson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Camp Nelson
of Camp Nelson workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 127 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.
How far Camp Nelson’s workers travel
About 52% 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.
Camp Nelson and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Camp Nelson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Nelson | – | — | — | — | — |
| Pierpoint | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pierpoint: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Camp Nelson’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 Camp Nelson: questions
What is the poverty rate in Camp Nelson?
5.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Camp Nelson work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Delano (10%, 45 mi), Bakersfield (10%, 60 mi), Lindsay (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Camp Nelson 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 Camp Nelson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camp Nelson
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.