Households in Diablo Grande earn more than those in 91% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 6.1%; California has 12.0%. Diablo Grande grades B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Hardly any work in Diablo Grande; the top destination outside it is Patterson (10%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Diablo Grande: the gist
Diablo Grande workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 62 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 475 hours of commuting, 253 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Diablo Grande is a place people come home to
There are 55 jobs based in Diablo Grande, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Diablo Grande has about 1,400 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 578 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Diablo Grande’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Diablo Grande is better than 70% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Diablo Grande’s grade up ($128,889, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Diablo Grande’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Diablo Grande could be anywhere from C to A.
The trip to work from Diablo Grande: about 62 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 19.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Diablo Grande workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 691 commuters (the 11% 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.
Diablo Grande on a workday afternoon
On a workday 578 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Diablo Grande on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.10 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Diablo Grande commutes to
Where Diablo Grande clocks in
10% 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.
Jobs in Diablo Grande: what the 55 are
55 jobs are based in Diablo Grande.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Diablo Grande, 2014 → 2024: 83 → 55. 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 Diablo Grande’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Diablo Grande goes to work
About 26% 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.
In Diablo Grande, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Diablo Grande is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Diablo Grande near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 773 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 4.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% 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 Diablo Grande households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Diablo Grande’s commuters take a bus or train.
Diablo Grande is 1,126th of 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,124 | Centennial Park AZ | 1,839 | $168K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 26% | B+ |
| 1,125 | Newcastle CA | 1,585 | $109K | 12.4% | 2.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,126 | Diablo Grande CA | 1,948 | $129K | 6.1% | 3.4% | 0% | B+ |
| 1,127 | Winfield Township NJ | 1,450 | $64K | 8.5% | 8.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,128 | Walcott IA | 1,530 | $79K | 6.6% | 3.6% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Diablo Grande, 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 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 Diablo Grande: questions
What is the median household income in Diablo Grande?
$128,889 (±$54,691) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Diablo Grande?
6.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Diablo Grande?
62 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Diablo Grande work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Patterson (10%, 8 mi), Modesto (6%, 22 mi), Livermore (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Diablo Grande walkable?
Diablo Grande is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Diablo Grande 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 Diablo Grande, from the people who make the trip.
More of Diablo Grande
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.