For about half of its working residents, Olde Stockdale is a commute to Bakersfield
Only 1% work in Olde Stockdale; the top destination outside it is Bakersfield (50%, 2 miles). 2% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for California as a whole. Working residents average 18 minutes each way; California averages 29, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Olde Stockdale: the gist
Olde Stockdale is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Olde Stockdale, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Olde Stockdale has about 150 people in it, 58% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Olde Stockdale residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 240 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Olde Stockdale ends
Where Olde Stockdale clocks in
50% of workers
2% 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 daily flow of workers through Olde Stockdale
On a workday 237 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Olde Stockdale on a workday afternoon, 58% fewer than live here.
0.15 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 2024, primary jobs.
Short hops and long hauls from Olde Stockdale
About 21% 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.
Goods, not services: 35% of the jobs in Olde Stockdale
37 jobs are based in Olde Stockdale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olde Stockdale, 2014 → 2024: 32 → 37. 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 Olde Stockdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Olde Stockdale, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olde Stockdale workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 185 commuters (the 2% 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.
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 Olde Stockdale: questions
What is the median household income in Olde Stockdale?
$166,987 (±$58,086) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olde Stockdale?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olde Stockdale?
18 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olde Stockdale work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Olde Stockdale 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 Olde Stockdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olde Stockdale
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.