Photo: Allie_Caulfield from Germany · CC BY 2.0Unemployment in Coarsegold (4.9%) is higher than in 60% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Coarsegold itself; outside it, Fresno draws the most (21%, 32 miles). For jobs and income Coarsegold is better than 42% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (C). Home is the office for 10% of workers (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Coarsegold, in brief
Coarsegold trades workers with the towns around it
Coarsegold has about as many jobs (1,484) as working residents (1,360), but they are mostly different people: 1,228 residents leave for work each day while 1,352 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Coarsegold are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Coarsegold workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Coarsegold’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Coarsegold is Fresno, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (287) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Nearly all the work in Coarsegold is services
94% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. 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.
Where Coarsegold’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Coarsegold’s grade up (6.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coarsegold could be anywhere from C− to A−.
How a workday changes Coarsegold
On a workday 1,228 residents head out to work, 132 work right here, and 1,352 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 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.
Commuting from Coarsegold: about 43 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coarsegold workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,380 commuters (the 10% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Coarsegold
About 28% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Coarsegold
1,484 jobs are based in Coarsegold.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coarsegold, 2013 → 2023: 1,603 → 1,484. 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 Coarsegold’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Coarsegold to work: where people go
Where Coarsegold clocks in
21% of workers
13% of workers
2% 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.
Coarsegold is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,531 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 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% 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). 2.2% of Coarsegold households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Coarsegold’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Coarsegold is 2,499th of 4,177 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,497 | Montgomery NY | 3,757 | $90K | 17.4% | 6.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,498 | Felix Township IL | 4,531 | $71K | 8.6% | 7.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,499 | Coarsegold CA | 3,967 | $81K | 6.2% | 4.9% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,500 | Blue Earth MN | 3,165 | $67K | 10.8% | 2.5% | 50% | C+ |
| 2,501 | Sulphur OK | 4,878 | $67K | 15.5% | 1.5% | 24% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | 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 Coarsegold, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door to Coarsegold
The biggest share goes to Yosemite Lakes (1%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coarsegold workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coarsegold | – | C+ | C | 43 min | $80,861 |
| Yosemite Lakes | 1% | B | D | 38 min | $97,813 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coarsegold’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 Coarsegold: questions
What is the median household income in Coarsegold?
$80,861 (±$13,913) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coarsegold?
6.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coarsegold?
43 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coarsegold work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (21%, 32 mi), Oakhurst (13%, 8 mi), Clovis (2%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coarsegold walkable?
Coarsegold is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coarsegold 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 Coarsegold, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coarsegold
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.