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Jobs & commute in La Vina

La Vina has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

Hardly any stay in La Vina for work; outside it, Fresno is the main destination (34%, 19 miles). There are 7 jobs in La Vina; 242 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers have no commute at all; California has 17%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Work in La Vina, in a few figures

La Vina is a place people come home to

There are 7 jobs based in La Vina, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday La Vina has about 550 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

La Vina and Fresno trade workers both ways

Fresno is the top workplace for La Vina residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in La Vina come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓

Few La Vina workers work from home

Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 242 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

In and out of La Vina on a workday

On a workday 242 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.

242live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night790
Workday550
790live here− 240head out to work+ 7come in to work= 550on a workday

About 550 people are in La Vina on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from La Vina work

Huron: 3 residents work here (1%)Firebaugh: 6 residents work here (2%)Chowchilla: 3 residents work here (1%)Turlock: 3 residents work here (1%)Clovis: 6 residents work here (2%)Madera: 20 residents work here (8%)San Jose: 6 residents work here (2%)Los Angeles: 3 residents work here (1%)Fresno: 82 residents work here (34%)La VinaRolling HillsMadera Ranchos: 4 residents work here (2%)FresnoMaderaFirebaughClovisSan JoseMadera RanchosLa Vina
1
Fresno18.9 mi away
34%82
2
Madera6.2 mi away
8%20
3
Firebaugh18.8 mi away
2%6
4
Clovis24.2 mi away
2%6
5
San Jose98 mi away
2%6
6
Madera Ranchos13.5 mi away
2%4
7
Huron46.7 mi away
1%3
8
Chowchilla17.8 mi away
1%3
9
Turlock59.6 mi away
1%3
10
Los Angeles219.7 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%106
The top trips

Where La Vina clocks in

Lines 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

Working from home in La Vina

Working from home
0%

of La Vina workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How La Vina gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 120 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.

The jobs

What La Vina’s employers do

Jobs based in La VinaJobs La Vina residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%24%
Trade, transport & utilities43%12%
Services: health, schools, offices57%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less29%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month71%26%
Over $3,333 a month0%61%

Who does it

29 or younger43%21%
30 to 5443%53%
55 and older14%26%
+17%

Jobs based in La Vina, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 7. 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 La Vina’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

How far La Vina goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFresno: 34% · 18.9 miMadera: 8% · 6.2 miFirebaugh: 2% · 18.8 miClovis: 2% · 24.2 miSan Jose: 2% · 98 miMadera Ranchos: 2% · 13.5 miHuron: 1% · 46.7 miChowchilla: 1% · 17.8 miTurlock: 1% · 59.6 miLos Angeles: 1% · 219.7 miFresno 34%Madera 8%Firebaugh 2%Clovis 2%San Jose 2%La Vina
La VinaTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi36 residents
52%10–24 mi125 residents
12%25–50 mi28 residents
22%Over 50 mi53 residents

About 22% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in La Vina: questions

What is the median household income in La Vina?

$22,745 (±$2,809) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in La Vina?

65.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in La Vina work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (34%, 19 mi), Madera (8%, 6 mi), Firebaugh (2%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around La Vina 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 La Vina, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of La Vina

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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.