Photo: UncleVinny · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Granite Bay top those of 98% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 5.1% of residents, where California as a whole has 12.0%. Jobs and income earn Granite Bay A; getting around on foot earns it B+. Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Granite Bay at work: what stands out
Granite Bay and Roseville trade workers both ways
Roseville is the top workplace for Granite Bay residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Granite Bay come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Granite Bay
26% of Granite Bay workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Granite Bay
73% of Granite Bay residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 53% of the jobs based in Granite Bay pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% 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.
Why Granite Bay gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Granite Bay is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #108 of 847 in California. Household income holds Granite Bay’s grade up ($184,606, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Granite Bay could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
16% of working residents work in Roseville
Where Granite Bay clocks in
16% of workers
14% of workers
5% 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.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Granite Bay
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Granite Bay workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,934 commuters (the 26% 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.
What the 5,290 jobs in Granite Bay are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Granite Bay, 2013 → 2023: 4,535 → 5,290. 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 Granite Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Granite Bay for work, and who comes in
On a workday 7,702 residents head out to work, 463 work right here, and 4,827 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19,000 people are in Granite Bay on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Granite Bay
About 27% 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.
Getting around Granite Bay: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Granite Bay is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #599 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Granite Bay 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 9,364 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 4% 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 3.3% of Granite Bay households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Granite Bay’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Granite Bay is 431st of 1,787 U.S. towns of 15,000 to 29,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 50 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 161 | Lafayette CA | 25,313 | $228K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 429 | Dyer IN | 16,273 | $107K | 6.2% | 3.8% | 7% | A |
| 430 | Aberdeen Township NJ | 19,535 | $122K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 4% | A |
| 431 | Granite Bay CA | 21,673 | $185K | 5.1% | 4.5% | 6% | A |
| 432 | New Brighton MN | 22,159 | $89K | 8.3% | 2.5% | 6% | A |
| 433 | North Ogden UT | 21,689 | $114K | 5.3% | 2.5% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Granite Bay, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 25% of Granite Bay
The biggest share goes to Roseville (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Granite Bay workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Bay | – | A | B+ | 25 min | $184,606 |
| Loomis | under 2% | B− | B+ | 24 min | $81,487 |
| Roseville | 16% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $119,288 |
| Folsom | 5% | A− | A | 27 min | $139,804 |
| Rocklin | 4% | A− | A− | 26 min | $124,168 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Granite Bay’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 Granite Bay: questions
What is the median household income in Granite Bay?
$184,606 (±$22,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Granite Bay?
5.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Granite Bay?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Granite Bay work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roseville (16%, 8 mi), Sacramento (14%, 21 mi), Folsom (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Granite Bay walkable?
Granite Bay is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Granite Bay without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Granite Bay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Granite Bay
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.