Frank Norris Cabin · Photo: Louis Sanchez Collection, Oakland, California · Public domainCorralitos’ household incomes are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 21 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26). Poverty touches 7.4% of residents; California has 12.0%. For jobs and income Corralitos is better than 78% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Corralitos apart
Commutes from Corralitos are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker, and quicker than any town next door (26 to 39 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Corralitos makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Corralitos are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Corralitos residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. 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; with 946 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Corralitos’ Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income holds Corralitos’ grade up ($171,113, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Corralitos’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Corralitos could be anywhere from B to A.
Commuting from Corralitos: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corralitos workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 833 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.
Factories, building and farms: 35% of the jobs in Corralitos
487 jobs are based in Corralitos.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corralitos, 2013 → 2023: 484 → 487. 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 Corralitos’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Corralitos
On a workday 926 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 467 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Corralitos on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.51 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.
12% of working residents work in Watsonville
Where Corralitos clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
Where in the region Corralitos works
About 17% 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.
Few in Corralitos walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 979 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 1% 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 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% 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 Corralitos households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Corralitos’ commuters take a bus or train.
Corralitos is 794th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Del Rio CA | 1,508 | $250K | 0.0% | 2.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 792 | Brown Township IL | 2,112 | $91K | 2.1% | 1.6% | 8% | A− |
| 793 | Walker Township PA | 1,913 | $92K | 4.8% | 0.3% | 3% | A− |
| 794 | Corralitos CA | 1,884 | $171K | 7.4% | 1.2% | 2% | A− |
| 795 | Duncan Falls OH | 1,355 | $116K | 3.1% | 0.0% | 4% | A− |
| 796 | Dooms VA | 1,454 | $87K | 1.2% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Corralitos, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 12% of Corralitos
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Corralitos workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corralitos | – | A− | C− | 21 min | $171,113 |
| Day Valley | under 3% | B+ | B− | 29 min | $155,000 |
| Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley | under 3% | A | C | 28 min | $158,788 |
| Watsonville | 12% | C | A | 26 min | $78,393 |
| Amesti | under 3% | B− | C+ | 39 min | $108,833 |
| Interlaken | under 3% | B− | B | 26 min | $109,150 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Watsonville. Darker towns draw more of Corralitos’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 Corralitos: questions
What is the median household income in Corralitos?
$171,113 (±$36,445) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corralitos?
7.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corralitos?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corralitos work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watsonville (12%, 5 mi), Santa Cruz (9%, 14 mi), San Jose (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Corralitos walkable?
Corralitos is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Corralitos without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Corralitos, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corralitos
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.