Photo: Dorothea Lange · Public domainMore people are out of work in Florin (7.5%) than in 86% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 7.8 in Sacramento. Florin grades C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Home is the office for 10% of workers; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Florin and work: the main findings
A lot of Florin works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders Florin: Sacramento (30%) and Elk Grove (7%). Next door ↓
Florin has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Florin went from 10,241 in 2013 to 14,363 in 2023, +40%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Florin’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Florin is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #574 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Florin’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Florin could be anywhere from C to B−.
Inside Florin’s 14,363 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Florin, 2013 → 2023: 10,241 → 14,363. 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 Florin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Florin by day and by night
On a workday 18,905 residents head out to work, 1,400 work right here, and 12,963 people come in from elsewhere.
About 44,000 people are in Florin on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.71 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 2023, primary jobs.
30% of working residents work in Sacramento
Where Florin clocks in
30% 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.
About 27 minutes to work from Florin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Florin workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19,759 commuters (the 10% 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.
How far it is to work from Florin
About 23% 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.
Florin is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Florin is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #469 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% 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 21,862 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 65% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 15% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.3 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). 8.4% of Florin households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Florin’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Florin ranks: 691st of 904 U.S. towns of 35,000 to 68,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 3 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Cupertino CA | 58,333 | $235K | 4.1% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | South San Francisco CA | 64,941 | $137K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Newark CA | 47,895 | $169K | 4.3% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 689 | Decatur AL | 58,056 | $62K | 13.1% | 4.5% | 33% | C+ |
| 690 | Springfield OR | 61,431 | $69K | 14.9% | 5.1% | 26% | C+ |
| 691 | Florin CA | 50,211 | $71K | 15.7% | 7.5% | 7% | C+ |
| 692 | Lynwood CA | 63,512 | $75K | 18.0% | 9.8% | 5% | C+ |
| 693 | Albany OR | 56,894 | $78K | 13.5% | 5.8% | 28% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 904 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Florin, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Florin and its neighbors: 37% work next door
The biggest share goes to Sacramento (30%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Florin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florin | – | C+ | A− | 27 min | $71,111 |
| Sacramento | 30% | B− | A | 25 min | $87,321 |
| Parkway | under 2% | C | A | 25 min | $64,375 |
| Vineyard | under 2% | B+ | B | 29 min | $105,313 |
| Elk Grove | 7% | B+ | B+ | 31 min | $125,924 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Florin’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 Florin: questions
What is the median household income in Florin?
$71,111 (±$4,929) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Florin?
15.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Florin?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Florin work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (30%, 7 mi), Elk Grove (7%, 5 mi), Rancho Cordova (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Florin walkable?
Florin is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Florin without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 15% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Florin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Florin
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.