Photo: Platinummedia · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Chino top those of 80% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Chino for work; outside it, Los Angeles is the main destination (9%, 42 miles). The poverty rate is 8.0%, where California as a whole has 12.0%. Chino grades B+ 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
Chino at work: what stands out
Chino’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Chino is Los Angeles, 42 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (3,503) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Chino has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Chino went from 33,866 in 2013 to 49,257 in 2023, +45%. The jobs ↓
Chino draws workers from far and wide
The 49,257 jobs in Chino are filled from a wide area. Chino’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 33%; the other 58% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Chino gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Chino is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #295 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Chino’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.5%, 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, Chino could be anywhere from B to A−.
Half of Chino commutes less than 17 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.
The kinds of work in Chino
49,257 jobs are based in Chino.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chino, 2013 → 2023: 33,866 → 49,257. 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 Chino’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Chino: the destinations
Where Chino clocks in
7% 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.
Chino on a workday afternoon
On a workday 35,624 residents head out to work, 4,235 work right here, and 45,022 people come in from elsewhere.
About 106,000 people are in Chino on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chino workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 35,957 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.
Few in Chino walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chino is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #480 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% 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 42,381 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 67% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 9% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 4.6% of Chino households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Chino’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 447 U.S. towns of 68,000 to 131,000, Chino comes 182nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| 3 | Bethesda MD | 69,397 | $192K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Dublin CA | 71,602 | $214K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Berkeley CA | 121,911 | $108K | 17.3% | 5.6% | 21% | A |
| 27 | Mountain View CA | 85,438 | $190K | 6.0% | 3.7% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 180 | Broken Arrow OK | 124,991 | $87K | 8.8% | 4.2% | 17% | B+ |
| 181 | Murrieta CA | 114,124 | $114K | 5.4% | 6.8% | 13% | B+ |
| 182 | Chino CA | 96,957 | $105K | 8.0% | 6.5% | 11% | B+ |
| 183 | Boca Raton FL | 101,582 | $106K | 10.0% | 5.5% | 32% | B+ |
| 184 | Tracy CA | 101,901 | $121K | 7.8% | 5.5% | 17% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 447 | Flint MI | 79,306 | $38K | 34.1% | 14.8% | 20% | 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 Chino, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 12% of Chino
The biggest share goes to Ontario (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chino workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chino | – | B+ | B+ | 33 min | $104,682 |
| Chino Hills | 2% | B+ | B | 36 min | $126,334 |
| Ontario | 7% | B | A− | 32 min | $88,941 |
| Eastvale | under 3% | A | B | 37 min | $160,069 |
| Pomona | 3% | B− | A | 32 min | $79,479 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chino’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 Chino: questions
What is the median household income in Chino?
$104,682 (±$4,849) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chino?
8.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chino?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chino work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (9%, 42 mi), Ontario (7%, 6 mi), Pomona (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chino walkable?
Chino is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chino without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 9% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chino, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chino
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.