Most of Stebbins commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 3% of workers (California 17%). There are 55 jobs in Stebbins, against 469 working residents. Hardly any stay in Stebbins for work; outside it, Bakersfield is the main destination (21%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Stebbins, in a few figures
Stebbins is a place people come home to
There are 55 jobs based in Stebbins, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stebbins has about 550 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Stebbins and Bakersfield trade workers both ways
Bakersfield is the top workplace for Stebbins residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Stebbins come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Stebbins workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 469 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Stebbins
On a workday 467 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Stebbins on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
The towns that employ Stebbins’ residents
Where Stebbins clocks in
21% 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.
About 26 minutes each way for Stebbins’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stebbins workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 382 commuters (the 3% 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.
In Stebbins, 65% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stebbins, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 55. 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 Stebbins’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Stebbins
About 27% 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 Stebbins: questions
What is the median household income in Stebbins?
$68,029 (±$13,697) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stebbins?
23.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stebbins?
26 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stebbins work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bakersfield (21%, 16 mi), Shafter (7%, 8 mi), Wasco (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stebbins without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stebbins, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stebbins
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.