Most of Cantua Creek commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
For 0% of workers, the job is at home; California has 17%. Employers in Cantua Creek report 44 jobs, and 89 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Cantua Creek; the top destination outside it is Fresno (10%, 35 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Cantua Creek
On a workday 89 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Cantua Creek on a workday afternoon, 11% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Cantua Creek’s residents
Where Cantua Creek clocks in
10% 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.
In Cantua Creek, 48% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cantua Creek, 2014 → 2024: 65 → 44. 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 Cantua Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cantua Creek
of Cantua Creek workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 85 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 distance from Cantua Creek to work
About 45% 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.
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 Cantua Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Cantua Creek?
$30,703 (±$26,266) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cantua Creek?
33.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cantua Creek work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (10%, 35 mi), Kerman (6%, 21 mi), Tranquillity (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Cantua Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 25% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cantua Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cantua Creek
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.