Most of Plainview commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 4% of workers; California has 17%. Employers in Plainview report 9 jobs, against 242 working residents. Hardly any work in Plainview itself; outside it, Porterville draws the most (20%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Plainview stands out on work
Plainview is a place people come home to
There are 9 jobs based in Plainview, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Plainview has about 310 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Plainview workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 242 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Plainview on a workday afternoon
On a workday 241 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Plainview on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Plainview
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plainview workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 146 commuters (the 4% 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.
Where Plainview’s working residents head each day
Where Plainview clocks in
20% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Plainview: what the 9 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plainview, 2014 → 2024: 7 → 9. 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 Plainview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Plainview
About 26% 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.
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 Plainview: questions
What is the median household income in Plainview?
$67,656 (±$37,118) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plainview?
40.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plainview?
28 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plainview work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Porterville (20%, 8 mi), Visalia (12%, 17 mi), Lindsay (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Plainview without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Plainview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plainview
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.