Most of Lakeside commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 17% across California. There are 163 jobs in Lakeside, and 352 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% stay in Lakeside for work; outside it, Bakersfield is the main destination (30%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lakeside at work: what stands out
Lakeside and Bakersfield trade workers both ways
Bakersfield is the top workplace for Lakeside residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Lakeside come from (40% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Lakeside 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 ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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 ↓
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 352 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Lakeside’s residents
Where Lakeside clocks in
30% 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 trip to work from Lakeside: 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 Lakeside workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 209 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.
Where in the region Lakeside works
About 32% 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.
Lakeside by day and by night
On a workday 343 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Lakeside on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Goods, not services: 74% of the jobs in Lakeside
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakeside, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 163. 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 Lakeside’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 Lakeside: questions
What is the median household income in Lakeside?
$55,759 (±$49,833) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakeside?
24.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakeside?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakeside work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bakersfield (30%, 9 mi), Los Angeles (3%, 92 mi), Rosedale (2%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lakeside without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakeside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeside
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.