Jobs and the daily commute in Tranquillity
Hardly any work in Tranquillity itself; outside it, Fresno draws the most (18%, 27 miles). The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. Tranquillity has 215 jobs for 147 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Tranquillity
On a workday 146 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 214 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Tranquillity on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Tranquillity: the destinations
Where Tranquillity clocks in
18% of workers
8% of workers
3% 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.
60% of the jobs in Tranquillity make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tranquillity, 2013 → 2023: 220 → 215. 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 Tranquillity’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Tranquillity
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tranquillity workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 215 commuters (the 22% 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 commute from Tranquillity, by distance
About 29% 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 Tranquillity: questions
What is the median household income in Tranquillity?
$59,236 (±$38,616) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tranquillity?
12.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tranquillity?
23 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tranquillity work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (18%, 27 mi), San Joaquin (8%, 5 mi), Clovis (3%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tranquillity 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 Tranquillity, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tranquillity
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.