At 5.9%, unemployment in Avocado Heights is higher than in 73% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Avocado Heights are B for jobs and income and A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 8.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 17.5 in Los Angeles. For 7% of workers, the job is at home; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Avocado Heights at work: what stands out
Avocado Heights trades workers with the towns around it
Avocado Heights has about as many jobs (5,191) as working residents (5,243), but they are mostly different people: 5,085 residents leave for work each day while 5,033 people come in. Only 3% of the jobs in Avocado Heights are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Avocado Heights draws workers from far and wide
The 5,191 jobs in Avocado Heights are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 28%; the other 69% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Avocado Heights’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Avocado Heights is Los Angeles, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (776) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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.
Why Avocado Heights gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Avocado Heights is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #362 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Avocado Heights’ grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Avocado Heights could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Avocado Heights
On a workday 5,085 residents head out to work, 158 work right here, and 5,033 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 (0.99 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 Avocado Heights clocks in
8% of workers
2% 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.
How far Avocado Heights goes to work
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.
69% of the jobs in Avocado Heights pay over $3,333 a month
5,191 jobs are based in Avocado Heights.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avocado Heights, 2013 → 2023: 3,867 → 5,191. 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 Avocado Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Avocado Heights: 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 Avocado Heights workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,664 commuters (the 7% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Avocado Heights
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Avocado Heights is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #302 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.7% 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 6,107 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, 11% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% 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). 3.7% of Avocado Heights households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Avocado Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Avocado Heights next to U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000: 1,132nd of 2,354 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 15 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,130 | Hanover NH | 12,054 | $170K | 5.6% | 6.7% | 34% | B |
| 1,131 | Harrison Township PA | 9,688 | $66K | 9.9% | 2.7% | 11% | B |
| 1,132 | Avocado Heights CA | 12,593 | $92K | 11.5% | 5.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,133 | Gunbarrel CO | 10,051 | $109K | 8.8% | 6.2% | 3% | B |
| 1,134 | Cross Lanes WV | 9,671 | $64K | 5.1% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | 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 Avocado Heights, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Avocado Heights
The biggest share goes to Industry (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Avocado Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avocado Heights | – | B | A | 31 min | $92,155 |
| Industry | 8% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Industry: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Avocado Heights’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 Avocado Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Avocado Heights?
$92,155 (±$18,209) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Avocado Heights?
11.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Avocado Heights?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Avocado Heights work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (15%, 24 mi), Industry (8%, 3 mi), El Monte (2%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Avocado Heights walkable?
Avocado Heights is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Avocado Heights without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 11% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Avocado Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avocado Heights
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.