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Jobs & commute in Pearsonville

There are 3.5 jobs in Pearsonville for every working resident, and 14 people commute in

Hardly any work in Pearsonville; the top destination outside it is Clovis (25%, 122 miles). There are 14 jobs in Pearsonville; 4 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Pearsonville, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 4 residents head out to work and none work right here.

4live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
14work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night17
Workday27
17live here− 4head out to work+ 14come in to work= 27on a workday

About 27 people are in Pearsonville on a workday afternoon, 59% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
3.50jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 commute map

The daily trip into Pearsonville

ClovisRidgecrest: 4 workers live here (29%)Glendale: 1 workers live here (7%)Santa Clarita: 2 workers live here (14%)California City: 1 workers live here (7%)Lancaster: 1 workers live here (7%)FresnoLas Vegas: 1 workers live here (7%)Charleston View: 1 workers live here (7%)PearsonvilleChina Lake Acres: 1 workers live here (7%)Lone Pine: 1 workers live here (7%)RidgecrestSanta ClaritaGlendaleCalifornia CityLancasterLas VegasPearsonville
1
Ridgecrest18 mi away
29%4
2
Santa Clarita103.3 mi away
14%2
3
Glendale115.3 mi away
7%1
4
California City46.7 mi away
7%1
5
Lancaster79.8 mi away
7%1
6
Las Vegas, NV148.8 mi away
7%1
7
Charleston View111.3 mi away
7%1
8
China Lake Acres14.1 mi away
7%1
9
Lone Pine53.1 mi away
7%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
7%1
The top trips

Where Pearsonville 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

What Pearsonville’s employers do

Jobs based in PearsonvilleJobs Pearsonville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%0%
Trade, transport & utilities100%25%
Services: health, schools, offices0%75%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less14%0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month64%50%
Over $3,333 a month21%50%

Who does it

29 or younger7%0%
30 to 5471%25%
55 and older21%75%
−18%

Jobs based in Pearsonville, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 14. 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 Pearsonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Pearsonville

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Pearsonville gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 9 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

How far Pearsonville goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miClovis: 25% · 122.1 miFresno: 25% · 125.7 miLone Pine: 25% · 53.1 miClovis 25%Lone Pine 25%Pearsonville
PearsonvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
100%Over 50 mi3 residents

About 100% 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.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Pearsonville: questions

What is the poverty rate in Pearsonville?

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

Where do people who live in Pearsonville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clovis (25%, 122 mi), Fresno (25%, 126 mi), Lone Pine (25%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Pearsonville

Pearsonville home →

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.