Photo: Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning · Public domainCitrus has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Jobs and income earn Citrus B+; getting around on foot earns it B+. 240 jobs are based in Citrus; 4,040 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Citrus, in brief
Citrus is a place people come home to
There are 240 jobs based in Citrus, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Citrus has about 7,100 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Citrus’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Citrus is Los Angeles, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (502) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
The figures behind Citrus’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Citrus is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #258 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Citrus’ grade up (ahead of 97% 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, Citrus could be anywhere from B to A.
Who works in Citrus, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,007 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,100 people are in Citrus on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Miles to work from Citrus
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.
12% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Citrus clocks in
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Citrus
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Citrus, 2013 → 2023: 308 → 240. 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 Citrus’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Citrus: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Citrus workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,798 commuters (the 9% 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.
Getting around Citrus: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Citrus is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #483 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 5,265 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 88% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 20% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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). 5.0% of Citrus households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Citrus’ commuters take a bus or train.
952nd of 2,507: where Citrus ranks among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 950 | Odessa FL | 8,381 | $118K | 3.9% | 8.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 951 | New Carrollton MD | 13,644 | $82K | 4.9% | 6.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 952 | Citrus CA | 10,904 | $103K | 7.7% | 6.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 953 | Mission KS | 10,125 | $76K | 9.7% | 3.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 954 | Lower Burrell PA | 11,470 | $85K | 7.8% | 3.3% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Citrus, the top three, the last and three more from California.
11% of Citrus works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Azusa (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Citrus’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 Citrus: questions
What is the median household income in Citrus?
$103,465 (±$12,012) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Citrus?
7.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Citrus?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Citrus work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (12%, 30 mi), Azusa (5%, 2 mi), Pasadena (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Citrus walkable?
Citrus is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 12.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Citrus without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 20% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Citrus, from the people who make the trip.
More of Citrus
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.