Smithsonian Institution Shelter · Photo: Justin Johnsen · CC BY 2.0Lone Pine has lower household incomes than 94% of U.S. towns
Lone Pine grades D− for jobs and income and B for walkability. 24.5% of residents are in poverty, where California as a whole has 12.0%. 3% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Lone Pine in brief
A big share show a job far from home
58% 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 ↓
Commutes from Lone Pine are quick
The average trip to work takes 11 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 138 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Lone Pine is where the jobs are
Lone Pine has 706 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
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 453 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Lone Pine
On income, poverty and job access, Lone Pine is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lone Pine’s grade.
Unemployment (2.8%) is left out: Lone Pine’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lone Pine could be anywhere from D− to D.
Short hops and long hauls from Lone Pine
About 58% 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 long Lone Pine spends getting to work: about 11 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lone Pine workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 508 commuters (the 3% 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.
How many people are in Lone Pine by day
On a workday 315 residents head out to work, 138 work right here, and 568 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Lone Pine on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 Lone Pine’s workforce comes from
Where Lone Pine clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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.
Inside Lone Pine’s 706 jobs
706 jobs are based in Lone Pine.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lone Pine, 2013 → 2023: 994 → 706. 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 Lone Pine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Lone Pine: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lone Pine is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% 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 525 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 51% 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 9.1% of Lone Pine households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lone Pine’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lone Pine and other U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 19 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,769 | Charlotte TX | 1,653 | $29K | 36.4% | 5.8% | 8% | D− |
| 5,770 | Spencer WV | 1,895 | $38K | 33.5% | 16.5% | 24% | D− |
| 5,771 | Lone Pine CA | 1,439 | $43K | 24.5% | 2.8% | 30% | D− |
| 5,772 | Lake Medina Shores TX | 1,411 | $47K | 31.1% | 6.8% | <1% | D− |
| 5,773 | Vernon AL | 1,823 | $28K | 34.8% | 12.1% | 26% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Lone Pine, 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 Lone Pine: questions
What is the median household income in Lone Pine?
$43,284 (±$13,337) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lone Pine?
24.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lone Pine?
11 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lone Pine work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Olancha (4%, 22 mi), Independence (4%, 19 mi), Fresno (3%, 96 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lone Pine walkable?
Lone Pine is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lone Pine without a car?
0% 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 Lone Pine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lone Pine
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.