For about half of its working residents, Friant is a commute to Fresno
7% of workers work from home (California 17%). Only 1% stay in Friant for work; outside it, Fresno is the main destination (50%, 15 miles). Working residents average 23 minutes each way, against 29 across California and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Friant
On a workday 157 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Friant on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.30 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.
Out of Friant to work: where people go
Where Friant clocks in
50% of workers
9% of workers
2% 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 Friant
47 jobs are based in Friant.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Friant, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 47. 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 Friant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes to work from Friant
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Friant workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 187 commuters (the 7% 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.
Where in the region Friant works
About 20% 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 Friant: questions
What is the median household income in Friant?
$80,370 (±$72,561) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Friant?
31.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Friant?
23 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Friant work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Friant without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Friant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Friant
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.