Castro, Jose Joaquin, Adobe · Photo: Mrwrite · Public domainHouseholds in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley earn more than those in 96% of U.S. towns
Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley grades A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Poverty touches 7.9% of residents, where California as a whole has 12.0%. Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley: the gist
Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley went from 401 in 2014 to 563 in 2024, +40%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
26% of Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 996 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley is better than 87% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($158,788, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Goods jobs make up 28% of work in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
563 jobs are based in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, 2014 → 2024: 401 → 563. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 785 commuters (the 26% 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 a workday changes Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
On a workday 962 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 529 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.57 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 2024, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Watsonville
Where Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley clocks in
14% of workers
10% 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.
Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% 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 1,058 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% 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 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 1.2% of Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley comes 451st on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 17 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Del Rio CA | 1,508 | $250K | 0.0% | 2.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 449 | Salem Township OH | 2,509 | $113K | 1.6% | 2.4% | 5% | A |
| 450 | Dorrance Township PA | 2,130 | $99K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 3% | A |
| 451 | Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley CA | 2,127 | $159K | 7.9% | 1.0% | 3% | A |
| 452 | Crownsville MD | 1,756 | $202K | 11.9% | 1.8% | 1% | A |
| 453 | Jefferson Township IN | 2,299 | $105K | 5.5% | 1.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Aptos (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley | – | A | C | 28 min | $158,788 |
| Corralitos | under 3% | A− | C− | 21 min | $171,113 |
| Freedom | under 3% | A− | A | 31 min | $93,750 |
| Day Valley | under 3% | B+ | B− | 29 min | $155,000 |
| Aptos | 5% | B+ | A | 25 min | $134,048 |
| La Selva Beach | under 3% | A− | B+ | 26 min | $160,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley’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 2024, 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 Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley?
$158,788 (±$1,704) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley?
7.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley?
28 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watsonville (14%, 4 mi), Santa Cruz (10%, 11 mi), San Jose (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley walkable?
Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.