Esparto has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 413 jobs in Esparto, against 1,323 working residents. Jobs and income earn Esparto C; getting around on foot earns it A+. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 7.8 in Sacramento.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Esparto in brief
Esparto’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Esparto is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #670 of 847 in California. Household income holds Esparto’s grade up ($102,986, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Esparto could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Commuting from Esparto: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Esparto workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,581 commuters (the 3% 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.
Who leaves Esparto for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,264 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 354 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Esparto on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
12% of working residents work in Woodland
Where Esparto clocks in
8% 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 Esparto
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Esparto, 2013 → 2023: 318 → 413. 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 Esparto’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Esparto commutes less than 23 miles
About 22% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Esparto
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Esparto is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #93 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Esparto 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 1,625 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 94% 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 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 1.0% of Esparto households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Esparto’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000, Esparto ranks 3,235th of 4,318 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Emerald Lake Hills CA | 4,235 | $250K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,233 | Denver City TX | 4,311 | $85K | 13.4% | 6.5% | 32% | C |
| 3,234 | Norfolk NY | 4,313 | $68K | 13.4% | 3.8% | 9% | C |
| 3,235 | Esparto CA | 3,713 | $103K | 20.2% | 7.4% | 4% | C |
| 3,236 | Green Township OH | 4,019 | $60K | 13.5% | 4.0% | 10% | C |
| 3,237 | East Gaffney SC | 2,824 | $25K | 33.8% | 2.8% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Esparto, 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 Esparto: questions
What is the median household income in Esparto?
$102,986 (±$6,287) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Esparto?
20.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Esparto?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Esparto work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Woodland (12%, 15 mi), Brooks (10%, 7 mi), Sacramento (8%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Esparto walkable?
Esparto is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Esparto without a car?
5% 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 Esparto, from the people who make the trip.
More of Esparto
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.