Photo: w:User:matthewstringer · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Duarte top those of 81% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 9.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 17.5 in Los Angeles. 8.4% of residents are in poverty; California has 12.0%. Jobs and income earn Duarte A−; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Duarte at work: what stands out
Duarte’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Duarte is Los Angeles, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (1,550) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Duarte draws workers from far and wide
The 12,887 jobs in Duarte are filled from a wide area. Duarte’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 30%; the other 64% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Duarte pay over $40,000 a year
74% of the jobs based in Duarte pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
What’s behind Duarte’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Duarte is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #226 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Duarte’s grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Duarte could be anywhere from B to A.
Half of Duarte commutes less than 16 miles
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.
16% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Duarte clocks in
7% of workers
4% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Duarte
12,887 jobs are based in Duarte.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Duarte, 2013 → 2023: 10,456 → 12,887. 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 Duarte’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Duarte: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 8,970 residents head out to work, 791 work right here, and 12,096 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26,000 people are in Duarte on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 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.
From Duarte, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Duarte workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,853 commuters (the 17% 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.
In Duarte, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Duarte is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns, #232 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.1% 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 10,623 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 9.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 93% 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). 8.9% of Duarte households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Duarte’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Duarte is 687th among 1,712 U.S. towns of 16,000 to 31,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 149 | Lafayette CA | 25,313 | $228K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 685 | Maryland City MD | 19,186 | $117K | 8.9% | 5.5% | 3% | A− |
| 686 | Allendale Township MI | 27,519 | $82K | 21.4% | 5.9% | 11% | A− |
| 687 | Duarte CA | 22,866 | $105K | 8.4% | 5.6% | 8% | A− |
| 688 | Westmont IL | 24,155 | $88K | 9.8% | 4.0% | 5% | A− |
| 689 | North Royalton OH | 30,936 | $84K | 5.8% | 4.6% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,712 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Duarte, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Duarte and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Monrovia (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Duarte workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duarte | – | A− | A | 30 min | $105,483 |
| Irwindale | 2% | A+ | A | 27 min | $114,167 |
| Azusa | under 2% | B | A+ | 30 min | $90,721 |
| Monrovia | 4% | B+ | A | 30 min | $96,021 |
| Bradbury | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bradbury: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Duarte’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 Duarte: questions
What is the median household income in Duarte?
$105,483 (±$12,060) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Duarte?
8.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Duarte?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Duarte work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (16%, 28 mi), Pasadena (7%, 11 mi), Monrovia (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Duarte walkable?
Duarte is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 15.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Duarte without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Duarte, from the people who make the trip.
More of Duarte
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.