Most of Smith Corner commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Smith Corner for work; outside it, Shafter is the main destination (18%, 4 miles). Smith Corner has 12 jobs; 190 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Smith Corner for work, and who comes in
On a workday 190 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Smith Corner on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where Smith Corner’s working residents head each day
Where Smith Corner clocks in
18% of workers
16% of workers
5% 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 Smith Corner
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Smith Corner, 2014 → 2024: 8 → 12. 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 Smith Corner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from Smith Corner
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Smith Corner workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 233 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Smith Corner
About 31% 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 Smith Corner: questions
What is the median household income in Smith Corner?
$48,281 (±$12,099) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Smith Corner?
24.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Smith Corner?
22 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Smith Corner work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shafter (18%, 4 mi), Bakersfield (16%, 16 mi), Wasco (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Smith Corner 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 Smith Corner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Smith Corner
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.