Sultana has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 11% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%. Employers in Sultana report 45 jobs; 236 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Sultana; the top destination outside it is Visalia (16%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Sultana in brief
Sultana is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Sultana, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Sultana are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 46 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 236 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Sultana: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 236 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Sultana on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Sultana’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sultana workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 219 commuters (the 11% 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.
Where the trip to work from Sultana ends
Where Sultana clocks in
16% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Sultana makes things: 33% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sultana, 2014 → 2024: 56 → 45. 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 Sultana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Sultana
About 28% 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 Sultana: questions
What is the median household income in Sultana?
$47,083 (±$12,903) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sultana?
35.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sultana?
23 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sultana work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Visalia (16%, 15 mi), Dinuba (10%, 3 mi), Fresno (9%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sultana 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 Sultana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sultana
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.