Photo: Chris Krylov · CC BY-SA 3.0Angels has lower unemployment (2.2%) than 82% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Angels C+; getting around on foot earns it A+. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 17.5 in Los Angeles. About one in ten stay in Angels for work; outside it, Murphys is the main destination (4%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Angels at work: what stands out
Commutes from Angels are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Angels trades workers with the towns around it
Angels has about as many jobs (1,598) as working residents (1,429), but they are mostly different people: 1,269 residents leave for work each day while 1,438 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Angels are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
48% 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 ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Angels
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Angels is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #582 of 847 in California. Unemployment holds Angels’ grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Angels could be anywhere from D to B+.
How long Angels spends getting to work: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Angels workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,104 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.
Angels by day and by night
On a workday 1,269 residents head out to work, 160 work right here, and 1,438 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far it is to work from Angels
About 48% 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.
Where Angels goes to work
Where Angels clocks in
4% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
What Angels’ employers do
1,598 jobs are based in Angels.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Angels, 2013 → 2023: 1,434 → 1,598. 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 Angels’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Angels, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Angels is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #65 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Angels near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,293 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 98% 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 3.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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). 4.7% of Angels households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Angels’ commuters take a bus or train.
2,661st of 4,318: where Angels ranks among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Emerald Lake Hills CA | 4,235 | $250K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,659 | Newfield NY | 4,832 | $74K | 8.9% | 5.1% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,660 | Hill 'n Dale FL | 3,083 | $58K | 10.1% | 2.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,661 | Angels CA | 3,735 | $62K | 11.2% | 2.2% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,662 | Cozad NE | 3,924 | $54K | 10.9% | 1.3% | 36% | C+ |
| 2,663 | Wayne Township IN | 4,160 | $63K | 21.8% | 3.1% | 17% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Angels, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Angels: questions
What is the median household income in Angels?
$62,188 (±$15,282) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Angels?
11.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Angels?
15 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Angels work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Murphys (4%, 7 mi), San Andreas (4%, 11 mi), Sonora (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Angels walkable?
Angels is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.1 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Angels without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Angels, from the people who make the trip.
More of Angels
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.