Good Hope has higher unemployment (9.1%) than 92% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Good Hope is behind 78% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Good Hope C−; getting around on foot earns it B−. 8% of workers work from home, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Good Hope, in a few figures
Fewer jobs are based in Good Hope than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Good Hope fell from 1,068 in 2013 to 470 in 2023, −56%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Good Hope is a place people come home to
There are 470 jobs based in Good Hope, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Good Hope has about 5,600 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Good Hope workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 54 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Good Hope earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Good Hope is better than 18% of U.S. towns, #725 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Good Hope’s grade up (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (27.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Good Hope could be anywhere from D to C+.
Goods jobs make up 28% of work in Good Hope
470 jobs are based in Good Hope.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Good Hope, 2013 → 2023: 1,068 → 470. 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 Good Hope’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Good Hope
On a workday 3,605 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 419 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,600 people are in Good Hope on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.13 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.
How long Good Hope spends getting to work: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Good Hope workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,069 commuters (the 7% 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.
7% of working residents work in Riverside
Where Good Hope clocks in
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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Good Hope
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.
Driving is how Good Hope gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Good Hope is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #708 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% 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 3,317 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 79% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 27% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.9 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). 9.4% of Good Hope households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Good Hope’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,878 U.S. towns of 6,200 to 11,900, Good Hope comes 2,516th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
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| 23 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,514 | Bryan OH | 8,579 | $53K | 19.0% | 5.6% | 36% | C− |
| 2,515 | Elwood IN | 8,525 | $53K | 19.5% | 6.2% | 17% | C− |
| 2,516 | Good Hope CA | 8,816 | $57K | 27.4% | 9.1% | 1% | C− |
| 2,517 | Waikoloa Village HI | 7,543 | $82K | 12.4% | 8.3% | 3% | C− |
| 2,518 | Reserve LA | 7,791 | $55K | 19.1% | 14.5% | 11% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Good Hope, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door to Good Hope
The biggest share goes to Perris (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Good Hope workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Hope | – | C− | B− | 36 min | $56,981 |
| Perris | 7% | B− | A− | 37 min | $88,911 |
| Meadowbrook | under 3% | B− | B | 42 min | $56,212 |
| Mead Valley | under 3% | B− | B | 32 min | $86,795 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Good Hope’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 Good Hope: questions
What is the median household income in Good Hope?
$56,981 (±$16,847) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Good Hope?
27.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Good Hope?
36 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Good Hope work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Riverside (7%, 13 mi), Perris (7%, 3 mi), Moreno Valley (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Good Hope walkable?
Good Hope is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Good Hope without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 27% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Good Hope, from the people who make the trip.
More of Good Hope
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.