Raisin City at work: jobs, income and the commute
Only 2% work in Raisin City itself; outside it, Fresno draws the most (32%, 14 miles). Working from home is the commute for 10% of workers; California has 17%. The average commute, 28 minutes each way, matches the California norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Raisin City
On a workday 110 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Raisin City on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Raisin City goes to work
Where Raisin City clocks in
32% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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 Raisin City, 87% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
86 jobs are based in Raisin City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Raisin City, 2014 → 2024: 25 → 86. 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 Raisin City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from Raisin City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Raisin City workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 45 commuters (the 10% 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 Raisin City, by distance
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 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 Raisin City: questions
What is the median household income in Raisin City?
$52,813 (±$24,826) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Raisin City?
21.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Raisin City?
28 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Raisin City work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (32%, 14 mi), Lemoore (3%, 22 mi), Reedley (2%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Raisin City 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 Raisin City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Raisin City
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.