Wawona Hotel and Pavilion · Photo: Rennett Stowe from USA · CC BY 2.0Wawona has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 39 jobs in Wawona for 91 working residents. Hardly any work in Wawona; the top destination outside it is Yosemite Valley (16%, 14 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wawona on a workday afternoon
On a workday 91 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 73 people are in Wawona on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Where Wawona goes to work
Where Wawona clocks in
16% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wawona, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 39. 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 Wawona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Wawona
of Wawona workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 85 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 Wawona commutes
About 70% 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 Wawona: questions
What is the median household income in Wawona?
$70,353 (±$4,897) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wawona?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Wawona work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yosemite Valley (16%, 14 mi), Oakland (8%, 142 mi), Fresno (8%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wawona 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 Wawona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wawona
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.