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Jobs & commute in Monson

Most of Monson commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

For 0% of workers, the job is at home (California 17%). Monson has 6 jobs; 40 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Monson for work; outside it, Dinuba is the main destination (13%, 5 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Monson

On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

40live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night160
Workday130
160live here− 40head out to work+ 6come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Monson on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.15jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Monson’s working residents head each day

Kingsburg: 2 residents work here (5%)Reedley: 3 residents work here (8%)Selma: 1 residents work here (3%)Dinuba: 5 residents work here (13%)MontebelloLemoore: 1 residents work here (3%)Berkeley: 1 residents work here (3%)Brea: 1 residents work here (3%)Visalia: 4 residents work here (10%)Glendale: 2 residents work here (5%)Fresno: 2 residents work here (5%)MonsonOrosiDinubaVisaliaReedleyKingsburgGlendaleFresnoMonson
1
Dinuba5 mi away
13%5
2
Visalia11.3 mi away
10%4
3
Reedley9.6 mi away
8%3
4
Kingsburg13 mi away
5%2
5
Glendale171.1 mi away
5%2
6
Fresno32.4 mi away
5%2
7
Selma16.4 mi away
3%1
8
Lemoore29 mi away
3%1
9
Berkeley188.7 mi away
3%1
10
Brea195.8 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%18
The top trips

Where Monson clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

50% of the jobs in Monson make or build things

Jobs based in MonsonJobs Monson residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms50%33%
Trade, transport & utilities0%18%
Services: health, schools, offices50%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less67%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%28%
Over $3,333 a month0%58%

Who does it

29 or younger0%20%
30 to 5433%55%
55 and older67%25%
−14%

Jobs based in Monson, 2014 → 2024: 7 → 6. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 19 minutes to work from Monson

A year of commuting
146 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Monson19 min
California29 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Monson workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Monson gets to work
78%Drive alone
22%Carpool

Share of the 88 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

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Monson

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miDinuba: 13% · 5 miVisalia: 10% · 11.3 miReedley: 8% · 9.6 miKingsburg: 5% · 13 miGlendale: 5% · 171.1 miFresno: 5% · 32.4 miSelma: 3% · 16.4 miLemoore: 3% · 29 miBerkeley: 3% · 188.7 miBrea: 3% · 195.8 miDinuba 13%Visalia 10%Reedley 8%Kingsburg 5%Glendale 5%Monson
MonsonTop destinations (size = commuters)
28%Under 10 mi11 residents
33%10–24 mi13 residents
13%25–50 mi5 residents
28%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 28% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Monson: questions

What is the median household income in Monson?

$63,304 (±$13,297) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Monson?

0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Monson?

19 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Monson work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dinuba (13%, 5 mi), Visalia (10%, 11 mi), Reedley (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Monson 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 Monson, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Monson

Monson home →

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.