Photo: Elaine with Grey Cats from California, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Davenport has 4.9 jobs for every working resident: 662 people commute in to work
The average commute takes 18 minutes each way, next to 29 for California and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Davenport report 665 jobs for 135 working residents. Only 2% work in Davenport; the top destination outside it is Santa Cruz (18%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Davenport’s population more than doubles on a workday
On a workday 132 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 930 people are in Davenport on a workday afternoon, 132% more 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.
The daily trip into Davenport
Where Davenport clocks in
18% of workers
10% 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.
Most jobs in Davenport are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Davenport, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 665. 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 Davenport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Davenport: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Davenport workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 152 commuters (the 13% 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.
How far Davenport’s workers travel
About 30% 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.
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 Davenport: questions
What is the median household income in Davenport?
$72,171 (±$21,913) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Davenport?
7.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Davenport?
18 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Davenport work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Cruz (18%, 9 mi), San Jose (10%, 28 mi), San Francisco (5%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Davenport without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Davenport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Davenport
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.