With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Valley Acres works elsewhere
1% of workers work from home; California has 17%. 23 jobs are based in Valley Acres, and 125 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Valley Acres for work; outside it, Bakersfield is the main destination (22%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Valley Acres quiets down on a workday
On a workday 125 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Valley Acres on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Valley Acres: the destinations
Where Valley Acres clocks in
22% of workers
16% 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.
In Valley Acres, 78% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valley Acres, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 23. 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 Valley Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Valley Acres: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Valley Acres workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 316 commuters (the 1% 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 far it is to work from Valley Acres
About 35% 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.
How Valley Acres compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Valley Acres workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Acres | – | — | — | 31 min | $135,820 |
| Dustin Acres | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dustin Acres: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Valley Acres’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Valley Acres: questions
What is the median household income in Valley Acres?
$135,820 (±$30,543) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Valley Acres?
4.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Valley Acres?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Valley Acres work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bakersfield (22%, 23 mi), Taft (16%, 6 mi), Rosedale (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Valley Acres without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Valley Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valley Acres
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.