Most of Stratford commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
4% of workers work from home, where California as a whole has 17%. Stratford has 97 jobs, and 270 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% stay in Stratford for work; outside it, Hanford is the main destination (9%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Stratford, in brief
Commutes from Stratford are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Stratford workers work from home
Only 4% 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 270 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
From Stratford, about 19 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stratford workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 414 commuters (the 4% 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 leaves Stratford for work, and who comes in
On a workday 266 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Stratford on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 Stratford’s residents
Where Stratford clocks in
9% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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 Stratford: what the 97 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stratford, 2013 → 2023: 240 → 97. 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 Stratford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Stratford
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 Stratford: questions
What is the median household income in Stratford?
$62,639 (±$14,458) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stratford?
31.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stratford?
19 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stratford work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hanford (9%, 13 mi), Fresno (7%, 41 mi), Lemoore (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stratford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stratford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stratford
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.