Photo: Naddruf · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Cherryland works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Cherryland B+; getting around on foot earns it A−. Cherryland has 1,594 jobs; 6,697 of its residents have a job. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 9.2 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
Cherryland and work: the main findings
How Cherryland earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cherryland is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #350 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Cherryland’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cherryland could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Who works in Cherryland, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 6,509 residents head out to work, 188 work right here, and 1,406 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,000 people are in Cherryland on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Hayward
Where Cherryland clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
Making and building: 32% of jobs based in Cherryland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherryland, 2013 → 2023: 1,209 → 1,594. 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 Cherryland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Cherryland: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherryland workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,571 commuters (the 12% 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.
Half of Cherryland commutes less than 14 miles
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: Cherryland
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cherryland is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #345 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.3% 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 6,319 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 9.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 93% 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). 8.6% of Cherryland households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Cherryland’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,074th of 2,227: where Cherryland ranks among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,072 | Fairview Shores FL | 11,844 | $62K | 11.8% | 2.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,073 | Huron Township MI | 16,556 | $93K | 11.7% | 4.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,074 | Cherryland CA | 14,143 | $86K | 9.7% | 5.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,075 | Cypress Gardens FL | 10,077 | $75K | 11.1% | 1.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,076 | Na-Au-Say Township IL | 11,233 | $128K | 8.8% | 8.7% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Cherryland, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 11% of Cherryland
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cherryland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherryland | – | B+ | A− | 31 min | $86,418 |
| Hayward | 11% | B+ | A | 32 min | $113,318 |
| Ashland | under 2% | B− | A+ | 33 min | $81,702 |
| San Lorenzo | under 2% | A | A | 31 min | $112,660 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hayward. Darker towns draw more of Cherryland’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 Cherryland: questions
What is the median household income in Cherryland?
$86,418 (±$11,893) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherryland?
9.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherryland?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherryland work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hayward (11%, 4 mi), Oakland (11%, 9 mi), San Francisco (9%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cherryland walkable?
Cherryland is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cherryland without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 2% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cherryland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherryland
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.