Most of Mountain Meadows commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Mountain Meadows report 4 jobs, against 90 working residents. Hardly any stay in Mountain Meadows for work; outside it, Tehachapi is the main destination (18%, 4 miles). 0% of workers work from home (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Mountain Meadows by day
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Mountain Meadows on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Mountain Meadows’ residents
Where Mountain Meadows clocks in
18% of workers
12% 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.
In Mountain Meadows, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mountain Meadows, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 4. 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 Mountain Meadows’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Mountain Meadows
of Mountain Meadows workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 73 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.
Miles to work from Mountain Meadows
About 36% 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 Mountain Meadows: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mountain Meadows?
11.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mountain Meadows work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tehachapi (18%, 4 mi), Bakersfield (12%, 39 mi), Golden Hills (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mountain Meadows 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 Mountain Meadows, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mountain Meadows
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.