Muir, John, Memorial Shelter · Photo: Rick McCharles · CC BY 2.0Most of Wilkerson commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Working residents average 24 minutes each way; California averages 29, the U.S. 26. There are 22 jobs in Wilkerson; 307 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Wilkerson; the top destination outside it is Bishop (23%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Wilkerson, in brief
Wilkerson is a place people come home to
There are 22 jobs based in Wilkerson, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wilkerson has about 230 people in it, 55% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
51% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Wilkerson are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 307 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Wilkerson on a workday
On a workday 305 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Wilkerson on a workday afternoon, 55% 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.
The commute from Wilkerson, by distance
About 51% 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.
Commuting from Wilkerson: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilkerson workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 156 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where Wilkerson’s working residents head each day
Where Wilkerson clocks in
23% of workers
7% 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.
32% of the jobs in Wilkerson make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilkerson, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 22. 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 Wilkerson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Wilkerson: questions
What is the median household income in Wilkerson?
$69,519 (±$49,636) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilkerson?
8.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilkerson?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilkerson work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bishop (23%, 6 mi), Mammoth Lakes (7%, 41 mi), West Bishop (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wilkerson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilkerson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilkerson
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.