Photo: w:en:David Jordan · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Tupman
The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers have no commute at all; California has 17%. Hardly any stay in Tupman for work; outside it, Bakersfield is the main destination (16%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Tupman on a workday
On a workday 38 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.68 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Tupman’s residents
Where Tupman clocks in
16% of workers
13% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Tupman
26 jobs are based in Tupman.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tupman, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 26. 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 Tupman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Tupman: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tupman workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 commuters (the 0% 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.
How many miles Tupman commutes
About 50% 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 Tupman: questions
What is the poverty rate in Tupman?
40.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tupman?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tupman work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bakersfield (16%, 18 mi), Taft (13%, 12 mi), San Diego (5%, 213 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tupman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tupman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tupman
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.