Most of Kennedy Meadows commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
100.0% of residents are in poverty, where California as a whole has 12.0%. Employers in Kennedy Meadows report 3 jobs, and 15 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Kennedy Meadows; the top destination outside it is McFarland (7%, 67 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Kennedy Meadows
On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 81 people are in Kennedy Meadows on a workday afternoon, 13% 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 Kennedy Meadows’ working residents head each day
Where Kennedy Meadows clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Kennedy Meadows is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kennedy Meadows, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 3. 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 Kennedy Meadows’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Kennedy Meadows
About 93% 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 Kennedy Meadows: questions
What is the poverty rate in Kennedy Meadows?
100.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Kennedy Meadows work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McFarland (7%, 67 mi), Hanford (7%, 89 mi), Diamond Bar (7%, 140 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kennedy Meadows, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kennedy Meadows
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.