Jobs and earnings in Fuller Acres, and the trip to work
The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. Hardly any work in Fuller Acres itself; outside it, Bakersfield draws the most (29%, 8 miles). Fuller Acres has 187 jobs, against 292 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Fuller Acres, in brief
Fuller Acres and Bakersfield trade workers both ways
Bakersfield is the top workplace for Fuller Acres residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Fuller Acres come from (53% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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 ↓
Commutes from Fuller Acres are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. 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 292 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Fuller Acres goes to work
Where Fuller Acres clocks in
29% 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.
The commute from Fuller Acres, by distance
About 35% 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.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Fuller Acres
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fuller Acres workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 195 commuters (the 18% 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.
Fuller Acres by day and by night
On a workday 292 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Fuller Acres on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.64 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.
Factories, building and farms: 93% of the jobs in Fuller Acres
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fuller Acres, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 187. 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 Fuller Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Fuller Acres: questions
What is the median household income in Fuller Acres?
$49,861 (±$42,824) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fuller Acres?
28.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fuller Acres?
22 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fuller Acres work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bakersfield (29%, 8 mi), Los Angeles (4%, 93 mi), Shafter (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fuller Acres without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fuller Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fuller Acres
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.