Photo: Cristiano Tomás · CC BY-SA 4.0Cambrian Park has higher household incomes than 98% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 7.6 in San Jose. Below the poverty line: 5.5% of residents, next to 12.0% across California. Cambrian Park grades A+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Cambrian Park
Cambrian Park and San Jose trade workers both ways
San Jose is the top workplace for Cambrian Park residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Cambrian Park come from (46% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Cambrian Park is a place people come home to
There are 285 jobs based in Cambrian Park, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cambrian Park has about 2,100 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Three in four Cambrian Park workers earn over $40,000 a year
79% of Cambrian Park’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Cambrian Park
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cambrian Park is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #17 of 847 in California. Household income is its strongest input ($192,731, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cambrian Park could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
28% of working residents work in San Jose
Where Cambrian Park clocks in
28% 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.
Cambrian Park on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,719 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 277 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Cambrian Park on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.17 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.
65% of the jobs in Cambrian Park pay over $3,333 a month
285 jobs are based in Cambrian Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cambrian Park, 2013 → 2023: 260 → 285. 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 Cambrian Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Cambrian Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cambrian Park workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,519 commuters (the 15% 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.
How many miles Cambrian Park commutes
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Cambrian Park
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cambrian Park is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #426 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% 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 1,787 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, 2% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 78% 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). 0.0% of Cambrian Park households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Cambrian Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cambrian Park places 194th of 4,535 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 28 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 192 | Rush NY | 3,468 | $123K | 3.6% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 193 | Pleasant Valley WI | 3,878 | $140K | 3.0% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 194 | Cambrian Park CA | 3,494 | $193K | 5.5% | 3.0% | <1% | A+ |
| 195 | Meridian Village CO | 2,699 | $191K | 9.6% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| 196 | Owings MD | 2,643 | $176K | 1.2% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Cambrian Park, 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 Cambrian Park: questions
What is the median household income in Cambrian Park?
$192,731 (±$28,429) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cambrian Park?
5.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cambrian Park?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cambrian Park work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Jose (28%, 7 mi), Santa Clara (8%, 8 mi), San Francisco (5%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cambrian Park walkable?
Cambrian Park is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 14.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cambrian Park without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 2% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cambrian Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cambrian Park
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.