With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of El Adobe works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average; California averages 29, the U.S. 26. 8 jobs are based in El Adobe; 104 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of El Adobe on a workday
On a workday 104 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in El Adobe on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
17% of working residents work in Bakersfield
Where El Adobe clocks in
17% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in El Adobe
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in El Adobe, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 8. 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 El Adobe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from El Adobe takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of El Adobe workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 62 commuters (the 10% 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 El Adobe to work
About 34% 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.
Next door is work for 17% of El Adobe
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | El Adobe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Adobe | – | — | — | 24 min | $51,447 |
| Bakersfield | 17% | C+ | B+ | 24 min | $80,540 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bakersfield. Darker towns draw more of El Adobe’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 El Adobe: questions
What is the median household income in El Adobe?
$51,447 (±$19,947) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in El Adobe?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from El Adobe?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in El Adobe work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bakersfield (17%, 9 mi), Lamont (4%, 3 mi), Shafter (3%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around El Adobe 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 El Adobe, from the people who make the trip.
More of El Adobe
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.