With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Mexican Colony works elsewhere
There are 16 jobs in Mexican Colony for 93 working residents. Hardly any stay in Mexican Colony for work; outside it, Bakersfield is the main destination (27%, 15 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Mexican Colony
On a workday 93 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 71 people are in Mexican Colony on a workday afternoon, 52% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Mexican Colony commutes to
Where Mexican Colony clocks in
27% 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.
Goods jobs make up 81% of work in Mexican Colony
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mexican Colony’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Mexican Colony
of Mexican Colony workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 81 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.
How far Mexican Colony’s workers travel
About 33% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Mexican Colony: questions
What is the median household income in Mexican Colony?
$54,375 (±$27,146) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mexican Colony?
47.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mexican Colony work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bakersfield (27%, 15 mi), Shafter (4%, 4 mi), Rosedale (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Mexican Colony 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 Mexican Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mexican Colony
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.