Work means Bakersfield for more than half of Pumpkin Center’s working residents
Pumpkin Center has 138 jobs; 160 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers work from home, where California as a whole has 17%. The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average (California 29, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Pumpkin Center, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 160 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Pumpkin Center on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Pumpkin Center: the destinations
Where Pumpkin Center clocks in
53% of workers
3% 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 kinds of work in Pumpkin Center
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pumpkin Center, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 138. 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 Pumpkin Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes to work from Pumpkin Center
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pumpkin Center workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 137 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.
The commute from Pumpkin Center, by distance
About 20% 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.
Next door is work for 53% of Pumpkin Center
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pumpkin Center workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Center | – | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Bakersfield | 53% | C+ | B+ | 24 min | $80,540 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bakersfield. Darker towns draw more of Pumpkin Center’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 Pumpkin Center: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pumpkin Center?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pumpkin Center?
23 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pumpkin Center work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Pumpkin Center 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 Pumpkin Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pumpkin Center
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.