Callender’s household incomes are higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 16.5% of residents, next to 12.0% for California as a whole. The two grades for Callender are C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 7% of workers have no commute at all; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Callender at work: what stands out
Callender and Santa Maria trade workers both ways
Santa Maria is the top workplace for Callender residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Callender come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Callender is where the jobs are
Callender has 653 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Callender has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Callender went from 349 in 2013 to 653 in 2023, +87%. 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; with 408 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Callender’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Callender is better than 45% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Callender’s grade up ($136,346, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.8%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Callender could be anywhere from C− to A+.
The daily trip into Callender
Where Callender clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
A workday in Callender: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 394 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 639 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Callender on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Callender makes things: 54% of its jobs are in goods
653 jobs are based in Callender.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Callender, 2013 → 2023: 349 → 653. 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 Callender’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Callender: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Callender workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 830 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Callender
About 31% 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.
Callender is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Callender is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 894 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). 2.3% of Callender households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Callender’s commuters take a bus or train.
Callender places 2,462nd of 5,102 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Rolling Hills CA | 1,641 | $250K | 5.5% | 5.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 74 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,460 | Exeter Township PA | 2,155 | $83K | 7.2% | 10.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,461 | Woodstock VT | 2,970 | $121K | 8.9% | 6.7% | 38% | C+ |
| 2,462 | Callender CA | 2,230 | $136K | 16.5% | 6.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,463 | Sharon CT | 2,783 | $101K | 10.8% | 4.5% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,464 | Baltimore Township MI | 2,000 | $77K | 8.5% | 3.7% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Callender, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Callender
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Callender’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 Callender: questions
What is the median household income in Callender?
$136,346 (±$62,632) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Callender?
16.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Callender?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Callender work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Maria (20%, 11 mi), San Luis Obispo (13%, 16 mi), Arroyo Grande (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Callender walkable?
Callender is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Callender without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Callender, from the people who make the trip.
More of Callender
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.