Del Rey has lower household incomes than 79% of U.S. towns
34.4% of residents are in poverty; California has 12.0%. The two grades for Del Rey are C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Home is the office for 2% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Del Rey apart
Stores, warehouses and trucking
66% of the jobs in Del Rey are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Del Rey pay better than its residents’ jobs
74% of the jobs based in Del Rey pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 49% of the jobs Del Rey residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Del Rey. The jobs ↓
Few Del Rey workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 425 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Del Rey
On income, poverty and job access, Del Rey is better than 23% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Del Rey’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (8.7%) is left out: Del Rey’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 could be anywhere from C− to B−.
74% of the jobs in Del Rey pay over $3,333 a month
407 jobs are based in Del Rey.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Del Rey, 2013 → 2023: 460 → 407. 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 Del Rey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Del Rey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Del Rey workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 542 commuters (the 2% 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 many people are in Del Rey by day
On a workday 418 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 400 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 (0.96 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.
23% of working residents work in Fresno
Where Del Rey clocks in
23% of workers
7% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Del Rey
About 21% 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 Del Rey walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Del Rey is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 553 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 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). 4.4% of Del Rey households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Del Rey’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Del Rey ranks: 3,608th of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,606 | Hico TX | 1,496 | $68K | 11.5% | 2.6% | 16% | C− |
| 3,607 | Denmark ME | 1,253 | $64K | 8.9% | 2.7% | 5% | C− |
| 3,608 | Del Rey CA | 1,654 | $57K | 34.4% | 8.7% | 2% | C− |
| 3,609 | Rodney Village DE | 1,331 | $44K | 16.2% | 3.3% | 1% | C− |
| 3,610 | Pine Island Center FL | 1,834 | $68K | 12.3% | 4.0% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | 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 Del Rey, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Del Rey: questions
What is the median household income in Del Rey?
$56,544 (±$13,857) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Del Rey?
34.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Del Rey?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Del Rey work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (23%, 14 mi), Sanger (7%, 4 mi), Visalia (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Del Rey walkable?
Del Rey is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Del Rey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Del Rey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Del Rey
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.