Photo: Armona · CC BY 3.0Most of Hardwick commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Hardwick; the top destination outside it is Hanford (10%, 6 miles). Employers in Hardwick report 1 jobs, and 52 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at 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
Hardwick quiets down on a workday
On a workday 52 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7 people are in Hardwick on a workday afternoon, 88% 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.
Where Hardwick’s working residents head each day
Where Hardwick clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
Hardwick is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Hardwick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Hardwick
of Hardwick workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 commuters (the 0% 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 Hardwick goes to work
About 21% 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 Hardwick: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hardwick?
55.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hardwick work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hanford (10%, 6 mi), Visalia (10%, 22 mi), Corcoran (8%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hardwick 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 Hardwick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hardwick
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.