Family incomes in Bayview top those of 93% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.5 in San Francisco. Not counting college students, poverty touches 9.7% of residents; California has 11.6%. For jobs and income Bayview is better than 90% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Bayview
Bayview is a place people come home to
There are 25 jobs based in Bayview, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bayview has about 2,100 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The quickest commute around
Bayview’s 30-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 33 to 35 minutes. Next door ↓
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; with 710 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Bayview’s Jobs & income grade
Family income is its strongest input ($163,147, U.S. $99,999); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
15% of Bayview’s residents are college students, and off-campus students count in the Census poverty figures. Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (15% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 9.7%, against 9.0% for all residents. Unemployment (9.1%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($163,147), since student households pull the household median down ($162,537).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, Bayview could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
In and out of Bayview on a workday
On a workday 709 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Bayview on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.04 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.
18% of working residents work in San Francisco
Where Bayview clocks in
11% 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 Bayview: 25 jobs
25 jobs are based in Bayview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bayview, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 25. 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 Bayview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Bayview, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bayview workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,342 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where in the region Bayview works
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Bayview
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.1% 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 1,475 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, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 87% 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). 0.9% of Bayview households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Bayview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bayview places 378th of 4,969 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 376 | Black Wolf WI | 2,447 | $99K | 4.0% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| 377 | Wilson WI | 3,401 | $105K | 6.1% | 0.6% | 6% | A |
| 378 | Bayview CA | 2,751 | $163K | 9.0% | 9.1% | <1% | A |
| 379 | Highfill AR | 3,676 | $93K | 4.2% | 0.7% | 1% | A |
| 380 | North Catasauqua PA | 3,229 | $77K | 3.4% | 2.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Bayview, the top three, the last and three more from California.
15% of Bayview works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Richmond (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bayview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayview | – | A | A | 30 min | $162,537 |
| Pinole | 2% | A | A+ | 35 min | $127,717 |
| Montalvin Manor | 2% | B | A | 33 min | $79,542 |
| Richmond | 11% | B− | A+ | 34 min | $95,391 |
| Tara Hills | under 2% | B | A | 35 min | $101,747 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bayview’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.
- Students. 15% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bayview: questions
What is the median household income in Bayview?
$162,537 (±$69,689) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bayview?
9.0% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 9.7%. California: 12.0%.
How long is the commute from Bayview?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bayview work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (18%, 17 mi), Richmond (11%, 4 mi), Oakland (10%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bayview walkable?
Bayview is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bayview without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bayview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bayview
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.