Photo: Trios2007 · Public domainAt 11.1%, unemployment in Anza is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Anza are C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. For 1% of workers, the job is at home, next to 17% for California as a whole. Only 7% stay in Anza for work; outside it, Temecula is the main destination (5%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Anza stands out on work
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 ↓
Few Anza workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Anza workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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 811 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Anza’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Anza is better than 19% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Anza’s grade up ($83,558, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Anza could be anywhere from D− to B.
How far Anza goes to work
About 37% 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.
From Anza, about 34 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Anza workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 903 commuters (the 1% 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.
Who commutes out of Anza, and who commutes in
On a workday 752 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 343 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Anza on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.50 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 places Anza commutes to
Where Anza clocks in
5% 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.
The 402 jobs based in Anza
402 jobs are based in Anza.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Anza, 2013 → 2023: 277 → 402. 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 Anza’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Anza is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Anza is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 914 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 6.4% of Anza households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Anza’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Anza ranks: 4,311th of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,309 | Terra Bella CA | 1,659 | $63K | 17.0% | 32.4% | 8% | C− |
| 4,310 | Blountstown FL | 2,272 | $52K | 21.7% | 2.5% | 23% | C− |
| 4,311 | Anza CA | 1,898 | $84K | 10.5% | 11.1% | 7% | C− |
| 4,312 | Broadway NC | 1,380 | $65K | 20.5% | 4.1% | 1% | C− |
| 4,313 | Center Township KS | 1,778 | $56K | 8.2% | 1.0% | 52% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Anza, 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 Anza: questions
What is the median household income in Anza?
$83,558 (±$64,302) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Anza?
10.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Anza?
34 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Anza work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Temecula (5%, 26 mi), Palm Desert (5%, 23 mi), Los Angeles (5%, 103 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Anza walkable?
Anza is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Anza without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Anza, from the people who make the trip.
More of Anza
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.