Photo: Sanfranman59 · CC BY-SA 3.0Eldridge has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
115 jobs are based in Eldridge; 443 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Eldridge is better than 73% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (A). Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Eldridge
Jobs & income in Eldridge: the grade in detail
Household income is its strongest input ($121,938, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (9.7%) is left out: Eldridge’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, Eldridge could be anywhere from B to A.
A workday in Eldridge: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 438 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Eldridge on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer 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.
11% of working residents work in Sonoma
Where Eldridge clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Eldridge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eldridge, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 115. 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 Eldridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Eldridge spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eldridge workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 599 commuters (the 18% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Eldridge
About 19% 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.
Eldridge is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 727 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 76% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 76% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% 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). 3.4% of Eldridge households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Eldridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Eldridge next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 897th of 5,877 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 19 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 895 | Lanark WI | 1,546 | $104K | 3.8% | 1.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 896 | Lowell WI | 1,157 | $96K | 6.6% | 3.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 897 | Eldridge CA | 1,379 | $122K | 9.1% | 9.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 898 | Tioga TX | 1,302 | $86K | 7.4% | 2.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 899 | Rock Creek Township IN | 1,277 | $77K | 4.2% | 7.9% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Eldridge, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Eldridge and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eldridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eldridge | – | B+ | A | 29 min | $121,938 |
| Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente | 4% | C | A− | 25 min | $85,694 |
| Boyes Hot Springs | under 2% | B | A | 27 min | $101,288 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eldridge’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 Eldridge: questions
What is the median household income in Eldridge?
$121,938 (±$14,359) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eldridge?
9.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eldridge?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eldridge work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sonoma (11%, 4 mi), Santa Rosa (11%, 13 mi), Petaluma (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eldridge walkable?
Eldridge is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.7 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eldridge without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 76% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eldridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eldridge
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.