Patterson Tract has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
112 jobs are based in Patterson Tract for 632 working residents. Patterson Tract grades B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Measured by household income, Patterson Tract is ahead of 73% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Patterson Tract: the gist
Patterson Tract and Visalia trade workers both ways
Visalia is the top workplace for Patterson Tract residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Patterson Tract come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Patterson Tract is a place people come home to
There are 112 jobs based in Patterson Tract, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Patterson Tract has about 1,600 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 632 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Patterson Tract’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Patterson Tract is better than 67% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Patterson Tract’s grade up ($95,658, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (7.6%) is left out: Patterson Tract’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Patterson Tract could be anywhere from C to A+.
34% of working residents work in Visalia
Where Patterson Tract clocks in
34% of workers
7% 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.
Who works in Patterson Tract, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 624 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Patterson Tract on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Making and building: 54% of jobs based in Patterson Tract
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Patterson Tract, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 112. 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 Patterson Tract’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Patterson Tract spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Patterson Tract workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 642 commuters (the 13% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Patterson Tract
About 24% 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.
For most of Patterson Tract, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Patterson Tract is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Patterson Tract near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 741 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.7% of Patterson Tract households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Patterson Tract’s commuters take a bus or train.
Patterson Tract next to U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800: 1,267th of 5,148 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 16 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Del Rio CA | 1,508 | $250K | 0.0% | 2.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,265 | Plumcreek Township PA | 2,041 | $88K | 4.2% | 3.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,266 | Garfield WI | 1,775 | $99K | 4.5% | 0.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,267 | Patterson Tract CA | 2,090 | $96K | 10.3% | 7.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,268 | Mowbray Mountain TN | 1,721 | $93K | 8.0% | 1.2% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,269 | Honeyville UT | 1,806 | $87K | 3.5% | 3.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Patterson Tract, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door is work for 34% of Patterson Tract
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Patterson Tract workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson Tract | – | B+ | D− | 28 min | $95,658 |
| Visalia | 34% | B− | B+ | 23 min | $81,989 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Visalia. Darker towns draw more of Patterson Tract’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Patterson Tract: questions
What is the median household income in Patterson Tract?
$95,658 (±$27,955) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Patterson Tract?
10.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Patterson Tract?
28 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Patterson Tract work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Visalia (34%, 4 mi), Fresno (7%, 39 mi), Tulare (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Patterson Tract walkable?
Patterson Tract is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Patterson Tract without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Patterson Tract, from the people who make the trip.
More of Patterson Tract
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.