Photo: Cullen328 Jim Heaphy · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of American Canyon works elsewhere
The two grades for American Canyon are B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. There are 4,645 jobs in American Canyon, and 9,909 of its residents work somewhere. Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets American Canyon apart on work
Jobs & income in American Canyon: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, American Canyon is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #289 of 847 in California. Household income holds American Canyon’s grade up ($121,700, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, American Canyon could be anywhere from B to A−.
The kinds of work in American Canyon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in American Canyon, 2013 → 2023: 2,843 → 4,645. 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 American Canyon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of American Canyon, and who commutes in
On a workday 9,364 residents head out to work, 545 work right here, and 4,100 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in American Canyon on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
12% of working residents work in Napa
Where American Canyon clocks in
12% 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.
About 30 minutes each way, about the CA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of American Canyon workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,310 commuters (the 12% 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 American Canyon, by distance
About 17% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: American Canyon
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, American Canyon is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #458 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,543 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 25% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of American Canyon households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of American Canyon’s commuters take a bus or train.
American Canyon next to U.S. towns of 16,000 to 31,000: 806th of 1,712 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 149 | Lafayette CA | 25,313 | $228K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 804 | Little Egg Harbor Township NJ | 21,801 | $92K | 8.5% | 2.5% | 9% | B+ |
| 805 | Franklin Township NJ | 16,666 | $110K | 8.9% | 5.2% | 9% | B+ |
| 806 | American Canyon CA | 22,773 | $122K | 9.3% | 5.6% | 6% | B+ |
| 807 | Suwanee GA | 23,034 | $103K | 10.1% | 5.2% | 7% | B+ |
| 808 | Beverly Hills CA | 30,764 | $133K | 9.6% | 8.3% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,712 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of American Canyon, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work next door: 12% of American Canyon’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | American Canyon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Canyon | – | B+ | A− | 30 min | $121,700 |
| Napa | 12% | B | A− | 24 min | $105,963 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Napa. Darker towns draw more of American Canyon’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 American Canyon: questions
What is the median household income in American Canyon?
$121,700 (±$11,895) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in American Canyon?
9.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from American Canyon?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in American Canyon work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Napa (12%, 8 mi), Vallejo (8%, 5 mi), San Francisco (5%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is American Canyon walkable?
American Canyon is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around American Canyon without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from American Canyon, from the people who make the trip.
More of American Canyon
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.