Elizabeth Lake has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
60 jobs are based in Elizabeth Lake, and 1,065 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Elizabeth Lake are B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Elizabeth Lake apart on work
Elizabeth Lake’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Elizabeth Lake is Los Angeles, 44 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (263) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Elizabeth Lake is a place people come home to
There are 60 jobs based in Elizabeth Lake, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Elizabeth Lake has about 840 people in it, 55% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Elizabeth Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical 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.
Why Elizabeth Lake gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Elizabeth Lake is better than 73% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Elizabeth Lake’s grade up ($120,078, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (9.0%) is left out: Elizabeth Lake’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, Elizabeth Lake could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Near or far: the trip to work from Elizabeth Lake
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.
The daily flow of workers through Elizabeth Lake
On a workday 1,048 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Elizabeth Lake on a workday afternoon, 55% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Elizabeth Lake: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elizabeth Lake workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 709 commuters (the 16% 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.
25% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Elizabeth Lake clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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 kinds of work in Elizabeth Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elizabeth Lake, 2014 → 2024: 32 → 60. 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 Elizabeth Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Elizabeth Lake gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Elizabeth Lake is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 845 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). 1.2% of Elizabeth Lake households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Elizabeth Lake’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Elizabeth Lake is 1,029th among 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Del Rio CA | 1,508 | $250K | 0.0% | 2.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,027 | Scott Township IN | 1,739 | $87K | 5.3% | 0.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,028 | White River Township MI | 1,416 | $110K | 4.0% | 1.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,029 | Elizabeth Lake CA | 1,840 | $120K | 5.8% | 9.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,030 | Raintree Plantation MO | 2,047 | $78K | 7.3% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,031 | Nederland CO | 1,463 | $123K | 2.7% | 3.4% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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 Elizabeth Lake, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Elizabeth Lake and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elizabeth Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Lake | – | B+ | B− | 39 min | $120,078 |
| Lake Hughes | under 2% | — | — | 46 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake Hughes: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elizabeth Lake’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 Elizabeth Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Elizabeth Lake?
$120,078 (±$27,108) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elizabeth Lake?
5.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elizabeth Lake?
39 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elizabeth Lake work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (25%, 44 mi), Santa Clarita (10%, 18 mi), Lancaster (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Elizabeth Lake walkable?
Elizabeth Lake is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Elizabeth Lake without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elizabeth Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elizabeth Lake
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.