At 8.6%, unemployment in Auberry is higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Auberry are C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 7% work in Auberry itself; outside it, Fresno draws the most (26%, 28 miles). Working residents average 31 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Auberry
What’s behind Auberry’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Auberry is better than 18% of U.S. towns, #726 of 847 in California. Household income holds Auberry’s grade up ($78,512, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Auberry could be anywhere from D to B−.
Short hops and long hauls from Auberry
About 29% 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.
Auberry quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,007 residents head out to work, 77 work right here, and 409 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Auberry on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.45 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.
Where people from Auberry work
Where Auberry clocks in
26% of workers
10% 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 Auberry: 486 jobs
486 jobs are based in Auberry.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Auberry, 2013 → 2023: 370 → 486. 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 Auberry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Auberry spends getting to work: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Auberry workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,165 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.
In Auberry, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Auberry is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns, #734 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Auberry 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 1,326 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). 1.0% of Auberry households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Auberry’s commuters take a bus or train.
Auberry is 3,652nd of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,650 | Havana Township IL | 4,170 | $58K | 18.0% | 3.9% | 30% | C− |
| 3,651 | Florida Township IN | 2,324 | $54K | 14.3% | 5.5% | 3% | C− |
| 3,652 | Auberry CA | 3,240 | $79K | 11.8% | 8.6% | 7% | C− |
| 3,653 | Clearwater SC | 3,319 | $52K | 17.3% | 11.5% | 2% | C− |
| 3,654 | Harbour Heights FL | 4,289 | $65K | 14.2% | 16.4% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Auberry, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Auberry
The biggest share goes to Shaver Lake (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Auberry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auberry | – | C− | C+ | 31 min | $78,512 |
| Shaver Lake | 5% | — | — | 61 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Shaver Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Auberry’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 Auberry: questions
What is the median household income in Auberry?
$78,512 (±$10,806) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Auberry?
11.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Auberry?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Auberry work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (26%, 28 mi), Clovis (10%, 22 mi), Shaver Lake (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Auberry walkable?
Auberry is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Auberry 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 Auberry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Auberry
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.