Berwick Manor and Orchard · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Del Rey Oaks have higher incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
9% of workers work from home; California has 17%. Below the poverty line: 3.8% of residents; California has 12.0%. Del Rey Oaks grades A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Del Rey Oaks in brief
A lot of Del Rey Oaks works one town over
35% of working residents work in a town that borders Del Rey Oaks: Monterey (29%) and Seaside (6%). Next door ↓
Most Del Rey Oaks residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Del Rey Oaks are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 674 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Del Rey Oaks
On income, poverty and job access, Del Rey Oaks is better than 94% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($134,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (12.4%) is left out: Del Rey Oaks’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, Del Rey Oaks could be anywhere from A to A+.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Del Rey Oaks
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Del Rey Oaks workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 721 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.
The daily commute in and out of Del Rey Oaks
On a workday 653 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 521 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 (0.80 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
29% of working residents work in Monterey
Where Del Rey Oaks clocks in
29% of workers
11% 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.
The 542 jobs based in Del Rey Oaks
542 jobs are based in Del Rey Oaks.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Del Rey Oaks, 2014 → 2024: 564 → 542. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Del Rey Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Del Rey Oaks commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Del Rey Oaks is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 796 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.2% of Del Rey Oaks households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Del Rey Oaks’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Del Rey Oaks ranks 213th of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 17 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 211 | Eaton WI | 1,706 | $113K | 3.6% | 4.3% | 3% | A |
| 212 | Oronoco MN | 2,043 | $158K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 1% | A |
| 213 | Del Rey Oaks CA | 1,536 | $135K | 3.8% | 12.4% | 3% | A |
| 214 | Montverde FL | 1,836 | $97K | 3.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A |
| 215 | Prairie Grove IL | 1,939 | $141K | 3.7% | 3.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Del Rey Oaks, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 35% of Del Rey Oaks
The biggest share goes to Monterey (29%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Del Rey Oaks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Rey Oaks | – | A | B+ | 22 min | $134,500 |
| Monterey | 29% | B | A+ | 19 min | $102,846 |
| Seaside | 6% | C+ | A | 21 min | $85,311 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Del Rey Oaks’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 2024, 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 Del Rey Oaks: questions
What is the median household income in Del Rey Oaks?
$134,500 (±$12,212) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Del Rey Oaks?
3.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Del Rey Oaks?
22 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Del Rey Oaks work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monterey (29%, 3 mi), Salinas (11%, 13 mi), Seaside (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Del Rey Oaks walkable?
Del Rey Oaks is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 16.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Del Rey Oaks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Del Rey Oaks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Del Rey Oaks
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.