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Jobs & commute in Tarina

Work means Bakersfield for about two in three of Tarina’s working residents

The Census job records count 3 working residents of Tarina and no jobs based in it.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Tarina for work, and who comes in

On a workday 3 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

3live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Tarina: the destinations

Los Angeles: 1 residents work here (33%)Bakersfield: 2 residents work here (67%)TarinaBakersfieldLos AngelesTarina
1
Bakersfield12.6 mi away
67%2
2
Los Angeles96.8 mi away
33%1
The top trips

Where Tarina clocks in

Lines 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Tarina

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBakersfield: 67% · 12.6 miLos Angeles: 33% · 96.8 miBakersfield 67%Los Angeles 33%Tarina
TarinaTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
67%10–24 mi2 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
33%Over 50 mi1 residents

About 33% 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.

Next door

Next door is work for 67% of Tarina

Jobs & commute next door

TownTarina workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Tarina–————
Bakersfield67%C+B+24 min$80,540

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Bakersfield. Darker towns draw more of Tarina’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Tarina: questions

Where do people who live in Tarina work?

0% work in town.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Tarina, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Tarina

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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.