With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Rolling Hills works elsewhere
There are 225 jobs in Rolling Hills, and 395 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Rolling Hills for work; outside it, Fresno is the main destination (32%, 8 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, against 29 across California and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Rolling Hills stands out on work
Rolling Hills and Fresno trade workers both ways
Fresno is the top workplace for Rolling Hills residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Rolling Hills come from (33% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Rolling Hills are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
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 395 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Rolling Hills: the destinations
Where Rolling Hills clocks in
32% 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.
Commuting from Rolling Hills: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rolling Hills workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 239 commuters (the 21% 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.
Who commutes out of Rolling Hills, and who commutes in
On a workday 393 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Rolling Hills on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Jobs in Rolling Hills: what the 225 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rolling Hills, 2013 → 2023: 174 → 225. 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 Rolling Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Rolling Hills’ workers travel
About 23% 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.
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 Rolling Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Rolling Hills?
$156,406 (±$57,002) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rolling Hills?
7.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rolling Hills?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rolling Hills work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (32%, 8 mi), Madera (7%, 16 mi), Clovis (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rolling Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rolling Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rolling Hills
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.