Photo: Jey0h · CC BY 3.0Frazier Park has lower household incomes than 90% of U.S. towns
22.2% of residents are in poverty (California 12.0%). Frazier Park grades D− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 29% of workers work from home, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Frazier Park apart on work
A big share show a job far from home
49% 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 ↓
Frazier Park workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Frazier Park works from home
29% of Frazier Park workers work from home, against 17% across California. 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 518 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Frazier Park
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Frazier Park is better than 4% of U.S. towns, #826 of 847 in California. Unemployment holds Frazier Park’s grade up (6.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Frazier Park could be anywhere from D− to B−.
How far Frazier Park goes to work
About 49% 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.
About 39 minutes each way for Frazier Park’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frazier Park workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 993 commuters (the 29% 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 many people are in Frazier Park by day
On a workday 464 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Frazier Park on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.41 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
7% of working residents work in Bakersfield
Where Frazier Park clocks in
7% of workers
4% 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.
What Frazier Park’s employers do
214 jobs are based in Frazier Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frazier Park, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 214. 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 Frazier Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Frazier Park commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Frazier Park is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #709 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,401 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 99% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 54% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.2% of Frazier Park households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Frazier Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Frazier Park next to U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,569 | Fairmont NC | 2,231 | $37K | 29.0% | 7.8% | 8% | D− |
| 4,570 | Hamilton TX | 3,016 | $44K | 15.5% | 10.4% | 38% | D− |
| 4,571 | Frazier Park CA | 2,681 | $48K | 22.2% | 6.2% | 10% | D− |
| 4,572 | Cedar Bluff AL | 1,948 | $53K | 29.3% | 3.9% | 2% | D− |
| 4,573 | Lake Placid FL | 2,599 | $47K | 23.8% | 8.1% | 15% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Frazier Park, the top three, the last and three more from California.
How Frazier Park compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Lebec (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Frazier Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frazier Park | – | D− | B− | 39 min | $47,930 |
| Lebec | 4% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Lake of the Woods | 1% | — | — | 48 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lebec and Lake of the Woods: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Frazier Park’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 Frazier Park: questions
What is the median household income in Frazier Park?
$47,930 (±$46,064) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frazier Park?
22.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frazier Park?
39 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frazier Park work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bakersfield (7%, 38 mi), Los Angeles (6%, 63 mi), Lebec (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Frazier Park walkable?
Frazier Park is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 11.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Frazier Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Frazier Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frazier Park
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.