Work, pay and getting to work in Volta
Volta has 206 jobs, against 129 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole. Only 3% work in Volta; the top destination outside it is Los Banos (15%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Volta
On a workday 125 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 202 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Volta on a workday afternoon, 29% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 towns that send workers to Volta
Where Volta clocks in
15% of workers
7% 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.
Volta works in goods: 72% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Volta, 2014 → 2024: 507 → 206. 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 Volta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Volta
of Volta workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 73 commuters (the 9% 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 Volta, by distance
About 34% 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 Volta: questions
What is the poverty rate in Volta?
41.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Volta work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Banos (15%, 4 mi), Santa Nella (7%, 6 mi), Merced (5%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Volta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 40% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Volta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Volta
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.