Snelling has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
31 jobs are based in Snelling, against 84 working residents. Hardly any work in Snelling itself; outside it, Merced draws the most (24%, 15 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Snelling: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Snelling on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Out of Snelling to work: where people go
Where Snelling clocks in
24% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Snelling: what the 31 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Snelling, 2014 → 2024: 33 → 31. 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 Snelling’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Snelling: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Snelling workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 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.
How many miles Snelling commutes
About 32% 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 Snelling: questions
What is the median household income in Snelling?
$47,045 (±$40,830) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Snelling?
4.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Snelling?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Snelling work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Merced (24%, 15 mi), Turlock (5%, 23 mi), Modesto (4%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Snelling 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 Snelling, from the people who make the trip.
More of Snelling
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.