Photo: Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Galt commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Galt has 4,839 jobs; 11,820 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Galt are B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in seven work in Galt itself; outside it, Sacramento draws the most (15%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Galt at work: what stands out
Galt has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Galt went from 3,190 in 2013 to 4,839 in 2023, +52%. The jobs ↓
Galt’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Galt is Sacramento, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (1,736) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Galt
67% of Galt residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 49% of the jobs based in Galt pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 88% leave town for their job. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Galt
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Galt is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #376 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Galt’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.1%, 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, Galt could be anywhere from B− to A−.
What Galt’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Galt, 2013 → 2023: 3,190 → 4,839. 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 Galt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Galt, by distance
About 18% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Galt
On a workday 10,374 residents head out to work, 1,446 work right here, and 3,393 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20,000 people are in Galt on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where Galt’s working residents head each day
Where Galt clocks in
15% of workers
7% 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.
Time on the road from Galt: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Galt workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,828 commuters (the 11% 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.
Most trips from Galt start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Galt is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #528 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% 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 12,200 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). 4.7% of Galt households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Galt’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Galt is 803rd of 1,477 U.S. towns of 19,000 to 36,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 801 | Kernersville NC | 29,128 | $72K | 12.6% | 2.7% | 12% | B |
| 802 | Hillside Township NJ | 22,860 | $100K | 10.7% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| 803 | Galt CA | 26,964 | $94K | 8.0% | 6.1% | 12% | B |
| 804 | Tarpon Springs FL | 25,602 | $80K | 10.0% | 4.1% | 10% | B |
| 805 | Glendale Heights IL | 32,655 | $87K | 10.3% | 6.0% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,477 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Galt, 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 Galt: questions
What is the median household income in Galt?
$94,393 (±$14,217) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Galt?
8.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Galt?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Galt work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (15%, 23 mi), Lodi (7%, 10 mi), Stockton (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Galt walkable?
Galt is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Galt without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Galt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Galt
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.