Household incomes in Biola are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Biola itself; outside it, Fresno draws the most (32%, 12 miles). Poverty touches 38.0% of residents (California 12.0%). Biola grades D for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Biola
Biola and Fresno trade workers both ways
Fresno is the top workplace for Biola residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Biola come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Biola are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
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 413 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Biola
On income, poverty and job access, Biola is better than 15% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Biola’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Biola’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Biola could be anywhere from D to C+.
The towns that employ Biola’s residents
Where Biola clocks in
32% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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 Biola goes to work
About 32% 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.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Biola
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Biola workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 296 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.
Biola on a workday afternoon
On a workday 405 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Biola on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.49 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.
In Biola, 69% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
202 jobs are based in Biola.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Biola, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 202. 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 Biola’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Biola commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Biola is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 339 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). 4.5% of Biola households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Biola’s commuters take a bus or train.
Biola places 2,320th of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 13 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,318 | Jackson Township IL | 1,221 | $73K | 27.9% | 0.0% | <1% | D |
| 2,319 | Lakefield Township MI | 1,095 | $56K | 9.5% | 3.7% | 9% | D |
| 2,320 | Biola CA | 1,070 | $43K | 38.0% | 4.2% | 2% | D |
| 2,321 | Greenup KY | 1,069 | $40K | 15.9% | 6.2% | 8% | D |
| 2,322 | Orange Grove TX | 1,178 | $45K | 13.8% | 1.7% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Biola, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Biola: questions
What is the median household income in Biola?
$43,185 (±$15,735) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Biola?
38.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Biola?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Biola work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (32%, 12 mi), Clovis (3%, 19 mi), Kerman (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Biola walkable?
Biola is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Biola without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Biola, from the people who make the trip.
More of Biola
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.