Most of Three Rocks commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Three Rocks for work; outside it, Fresno is the main destination (14%, 38 miles). 2 jobs are based in Three Rocks for 49 working residents. 19% of workers work from home, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Three Rocks, and who commutes in
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Three Rocks on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
The towns that employ Three Rocks’ residents
Where Three Rocks clocks in
14% 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.
The kinds of work in Three Rocks
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Three Rocks, 2014 → 2024: 2 → 2. 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 Three Rocks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Three Rocks
of Three Rocks workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 67 commuters (the 19% 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.
The distance from Three Rocks to work
About 41% 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 Three Rocks: questions
What is the median household income in Three Rocks?
$89,083 (±$22,372) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Three Rocks?
10.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Three Rocks work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (14%, 38 mi), Firebaugh (6%, 24 mi), Mendota (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Three Rocks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Three Rocks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Three Rocks
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.