Photo: David Jordan at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0At 10.4%, unemployment in Kerman is higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Kerman; the top destination outside it is Fresno (29%, 15 miles). The two grades for Kerman are C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 6% of workers work from home (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kerman at work: what stands out
Kerman trades workers with the towns around it
Kerman has about as many jobs (6,045) as working residents (6,020), but they are mostly different people: 5,161 residents leave for work each day while 5,186 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in Kerman are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Kerman makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Kerman are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Kerman residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Kerman and Fresno trade workers both ways
Fresno is the top workplace for Kerman residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Kerman come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Kerman are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Kerman draws workers from far and wide
The 6,045 jobs in Kerman are filled from a wide area. Kerman’s own residents hold 14% and the ten next-biggest home towns 30%; the other 56% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Why Kerman gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kerman is better than 19% of U.S. towns, #720 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Kerman’s grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kerman could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who leaves Kerman for work, and who comes in
On a workday 5,161 residents head out to work, 859 work right here, and 5,186 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Making and building: 57% of jobs based in Kerman
6,045 jobs are based in Kerman.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kerman, 2013 → 2023: 4,510 → 6,045. 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 Kerman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Kerman goes to work
Where Kerman clocks in
29% of workers
3% 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.
Time on the road from Kerman: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kerman workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,072 commuters (the 6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Kerman
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.
Most trips from Kerman start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kerman is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #498 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.8% of 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 6,439 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 43% 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 8.6% of Kerman households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Kerman’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 12,000 to 24,000, Kerman ranks 1,886th of 2,103 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,884 | Fostoria OH | 12,920 | $54K | 16.4% | 6.2% | 23% | C− |
| 1,885 | Fremont OH | 15,765 | $47K | 22.7% | 5.5% | 30% | C− |
| 1,886 | Kerman CA | 17,553 | $60K | 21.3% | 10.4% | 14% | C− |
| 1,887 | St. Marys GA | 20,546 | $74K | 17.4% | 7.6% | 17% | C− |
| 1,888 | Waterville ME | 17,579 | $54K | 20.6% | 5.5% | 32% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,103 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Kerman, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Kerman: questions
What is the median household income in Kerman?
$59,799 (±$17,100) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kerman?
21.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kerman?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kerman work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (29%, 15 mi), Madera (3%, 17 mi), Clovis (2%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kerman walkable?
Kerman is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kerman without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kerman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kerman
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.