For about half of its working residents, Malaga is a commute to Fresno
Employers in Malaga report 188 jobs for 294 working residents. Hardly any stay in Malaga for work; outside it, Fresno is the main destination (46%, 8 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes, where California has 29 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Malaga in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Malaga than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Malaga fell from 311 in 2013 to 188 in 2023, −40%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Malaga are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. 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 294 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Malaga ends
Where Malaga clocks in
46% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Malaga
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Malaga, 2013 → 2023: 311 → 188. 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 Malaga’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Malaga: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Malaga workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 commuters (the 14% 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 daily flow of workers through Malaga
On a workday 292 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Malaga on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Half of Malaga commutes less than 9 miles
About 23% 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 Malaga: questions
What is the median household income in Malaga?
$62,663 (±$20,192) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Malaga?
14.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Malaga?
19 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Malaga work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Malaga without a car?
14% 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 Malaga, from the people who make the trip.
More of Malaga
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.