Photo: Fruitianslip · CC BY-SA 4.0At 10.0%, unemployment in Parlier is higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 1% of workers; California has 17%. The two grades for Parlier are D for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Parlier, in brief
Few Parlier workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Parlier and Fresno trade workers both ways
Fresno is the top workplace for Parlier residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Parlier come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Parlier are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 46 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.
Parlier’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Parlier is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #761 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Parlier’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Parlier could be anywhere from D to C−.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Parlier
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parlier workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,408 commuters (the 1% 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.
19% of working residents work in Fresno
Where Parlier clocks in
19% of workers
4% 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.
In and out of Parlier on a workday
On a workday 4,423 residents head out to work, 373 work right here, and 1,379 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Parlier on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.37 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.
The 1,752 jobs based in Parlier
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parlier, 2013 → 2023: 2,144 → 1,752. 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 Parlier’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Parlier
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Parlier, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Parlier is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #672 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,441 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 68% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.9% of Parlier households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Parlier’s commuters take a bus or train.
Parlier next to U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,189 | Potsdam NY | 14,367 | $53K | 20.4% | 4.5% | 37% | D |
| 2,190 | Prineville OR | 11,994 | $73K | 16.2% | 9.4% | 29% | D |
| 2,191 | Parlier CA | 14,622 | $52K | 27.1% | 10.0% | 8% | D |
| 2,192 | West Monroe LA | 12,478 | $49K | 26.3% | 9.6% | 21% | D |
| 2,193 | Deming NM | 14,944 | $34K | 30.9% | 2.7% | 45% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Parlier, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Parlier: questions
What is the median household income in Parlier?
$52,357 (±$8,048) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parlier?
27.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parlier?
23 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parlier work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (19%, 18 mi), Reedley (4%, 5 mi), Sanger (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Parlier walkable?
Parlier is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Parlier without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parlier, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parlier
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.