Tioga Pass Entrance Station · Photo: National Park Service · Public domainJobs and earnings in Lee Vining, and the trip to work
There are 92 jobs in Lee Vining; 93 of its residents have a job. 46% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for California as a whole. Only 2% work in Lee Vining itself; outside it, Bridgeport draws the most (15%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Lee Vining, and who commutes in
On a workday 91 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 90 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 (0.99 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.
Where people from Lee Vining work
Where Lee Vining clocks in
15% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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 kinds of work in Lee Vining
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lee Vining, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 92. 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 Lee Vining’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lee Vining
of Lee Vining workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 107 commuters (the 46% 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 distance from Lee Vining to work
About 76% 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 Lee Vining: questions
What is the median household income in Lee Vining?
$134,120 (±$53,404) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lee Vining?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lee Vining work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bridgeport (15%, 21 mi), Bishop (4%, 57 mi), Fresno (4%, 89 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lee Vining 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 Lee Vining, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lee Vining
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.