Cherokee Strip has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
0% of workers have no commute at all; California has 17%. There are 18 jobs in Cherokee Strip; 104 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Cherokee Strip for work; outside it, Bakersfield is the main destination (36%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cherokee Strip by day and by night
On a workday 104 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 32 people are in Cherokee Strip on a workday afternoon, 73% 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.
Where the trip to work from Cherokee Strip ends
Where Cherokee Strip clocks in
36% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 56% of jobs based in Cherokee Strip
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherokee Strip, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 18. 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 Cherokee Strip’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cherokee Strip
of Cherokee Strip workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Cherokee Strip
About 24% 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 Cherokee Strip: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cherokee Strip?
29.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cherokee Strip work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bakersfield (36%, 15 mi), Delano (5%, 20 mi), Shafter (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cherokee Strip 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 Cherokee Strip, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherokee Strip
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.