With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Ducor works elsewhere
25 jobs are based in Ducor, and 115 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Ducor; the top destination outside it is Porterville (18%, 12 miles). The average commute takes 31 minutes each way, where California has 29 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Ducor
On a workday 115 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Ducor on a workday afternoon, 13% 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 Ducor: the destinations
Where Ducor clocks in
18% 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.
The kinds of work in Ducor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ducor, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 25. 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 Ducor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes to work from Ducor
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ducor workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 220 commuters (the 12% 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 it is to work from Ducor
About 43% 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 Ducor: questions
What is the median household income in Ducor?
$73,625 (±$36,273) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ducor?
18.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ducor?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ducor work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Porterville (18%, 12 mi), Terra Bella (8%, 5 mi), Fresno (6%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ducor 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 Ducor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ducor
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.