Bay Point has higher unemployment (10.1%) than 94% of U.S. towns
4% of workers work from home; California has 17%. Jobs and income earn Bay Point C+; getting around on foot earns it A−. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.6 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 37.5 in San Francisco.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bay Point
Bay Point is a place people come home to
There are 1,557 jobs based in Bay Point, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bay Point has about 17,000 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bay Point workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Bay Point has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bay Point went from 1,103 in 2013 to 1,557 in 2023, +41%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Bay Point
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bay Point is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #567 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Bay Point’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bay Point could be anywhere from C to B−.
The daily commute in and out of Bay Point
On a workday 8,676 residents head out to work, 216 work right here, and 1,341 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Bay Point on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.18 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.
About 36 minutes each way for Bay Point’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bay Point workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,160 commuters (the 5% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 31% of the jobs in Bay Point
1,557 jobs are based in Bay Point.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bay Point, 2013 → 2023: 1,103 → 1,557. 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 Bay Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
11% of working residents work in Concord
Where Bay Point clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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 Bay Point 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.
Bay Point is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bay Point is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #475 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 7.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,641 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 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 5.8% of Bay Point households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Bay Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bay Point is 1,218th among 1,642 U.S. towns of 17,000 to 33,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Lafayette CA | 25,313 | $228K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,216 | Cherry Valley Township IL | 19,268 | $69K | 10.4% | 7.8% | 8% | C+ |
| 1,217 | Seaside CA | 31,636 | $85K | 16.0% | 5.9% | 9% | C+ |
| 1,218 | Bay Point CA | 24,231 | $83K | 14.4% | 10.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,219 | Easton PA | 30,402 | $69K | 16.3% | 5.4% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,220 | Kerrville TX | 25,578 | $62K | 11.5% | 2.9% | 41% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,642 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Bay Point, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 15% of Bay Point
The biggest share goes to Concord (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Bay Point’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 Bay Point: questions
What is the median household income in Bay Point?
$82,565 (±$5,162) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bay Point?
14.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bay Point?
36 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bay Point work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Concord (11%, 5 mi), San Francisco (8%, 31 mi), Walnut Creek (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bay Point walkable?
Bay Point is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bay Point without a car?
5% 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 Bay Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bay Point
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.