With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Chalfant works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (California 17%). There are 88 jobs in Chalfant for 343 working residents. Hardly any work in Chalfant; the top destination outside it is Mammoth Lakes (24%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Chalfant at work: what stands out
Chalfant’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Chalfant is Mammoth Lakes, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (82) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
46% 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 ↓
Commutes from Chalfant are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
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 343 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The commute from Chalfant, by distance
About 46% 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.
Time on the road from Chalfant: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chalfant workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 171 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.
A workday in Chalfant: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 340 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Chalfant on a workday afternoon, 53% 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.
Commuting out of Chalfant: the destinations
Where Chalfant clocks in
24% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Chalfant is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chalfant, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 88. 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 Chalfant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Chalfant: questions
What is the median household income in Chalfant?
$83,077 (±$22,398) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chalfant?
5.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chalfant?
16 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chalfant work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mammoth Lakes (24%, 34 mi), Bishop (8%, 9 mi), June Lake (7%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chalfant 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 Chalfant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chalfant
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.