Photo: Ganeshk · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Artesia (10.0%) than in 94% of U.S. towns
Artesia grades B for jobs and income and A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 17.5 in Los Angeles. Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Artesia: the gist
Artesia trades workers with the towns around it
Artesia has about as many jobs (6,344) as working residents (7,057), but they are mostly different people: 6,594 residents leave for work each day while 5,881 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Artesia are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Artesia draws workers from far and wide
The 6,344 jobs in Artesia are filled from a wide area. Artesia’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 36%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Artesia
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Artesia is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #377 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Artesia’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Artesia could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Who works in Artesia, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 6,594 residents head out to work, 463 work right here, and 5,881 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 (0.90 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.
15% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Artesia clocks in
6% 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 work there is in Artesia: 6,344 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Artesia, 2013 → 2023: 4,929 → 6,344. 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 Artesia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Artesia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Artesia workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,047 commuters (the 13% 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 far Artesia’s workers travel
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.
In Artesia, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Artesia is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns, #171 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.1% 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 6,966 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 29% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 78% 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). 4.5% of Artesia households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Artesia’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Artesia ranks: 1,076th of 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,074 | Berea OH | 17,920 | $75K | 8.1% | 5.2% | 9% | B |
| 1,075 | Clinton MA | 15,718 | $90K | 8.6% | 5.4% | 12% | B |
| 1,076 | Artesia CA | 15,789 | $101K | 9.4% | 10.0% | 7% | B |
| 1,077 | Northlake IL | 12,462 | $84K | 10.9% | 5.6% | 5% | B |
| 1,078 | Sudley VA | 19,162 | $94K | 10.2% | 6.0% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | 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 Artesia, the top three, the last and three more from California.
How Artesia compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Cerritos (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Artesia’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 Artesia: questions
What is the median household income in Artesia?
$101,004 (±$16,448) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Artesia?
9.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Artesia?
26 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Artesia work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (15%, 22 mi), Cerritos (6%, 1 mi), Long Beach (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Artesia walkable?
Artesia is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Artesia without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 29% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Artesia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Artesia
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.