Granite Hills has higher household incomes than 96% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Granite Hills B; getting around on foot earns it C. 12.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.0% across California. Only 2% stay in Granite Hills for work; outside it, San Diego is the main destination (40%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Granite Hills
40% of Granite Hills works in San Diego
553 working residents, 40%, have their main job in San Diego, 13 miles away. That’s 20 times as many as work in Granite Hills itself. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Granite Hills
29% of Granite Hills workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Granite Hills is a place people come home to
There are 325 jobs based in Granite Hills, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Granite Hills has about 2,700 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Granite Hills
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Granite Hills is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #416 of 847 in California. Household income holds Granite Hills’ grade up ($155,820, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (12.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Granite Hills could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Out of Granite Hills to work: where people go
Where Granite Hills clocks in
40% of workers
17% 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.
Granite Hills’ commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Granite Hills workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,167 commuters (the 29% 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.
Granite Hills by day and by night
On a workday 1,375 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 301 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Granite Hills on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.23 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.
A place that makes things: 34% of Granite Hills’ jobs are in goods
325 jobs are based in Granite Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Granite Hills, 2013 → 2023: 274 → 325. 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 Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Granite Hills, by distance
About 15% 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.
Most trips from Granite Hills start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Granite Hills is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #792 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,635 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 10% 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). 6.8% of Granite Hills households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Granite Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
1,713th of 4,153: where Granite Hills ranks among U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 28 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Emerald Lake Hills CA | 4,235 | $250K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,711 | Macungie PA | 3,395 | $76K | 16.9% | 3.1% | 2% | B |
| 1,712 | Charleston Township PA | 3,471 | $73K | 6.8% | 0.0% | 9% | B |
| 1,713 | Granite Hills CA | 3,795 | $156K | 12.3% | 12.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,714 | Hurlburt Field FL | 2,951 | $62K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,715 | Washoe Valley NV | 3,315 | $123K | 5.8% | 6.8% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,153 | 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 Granite Hills, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work next door: 17% of Granite Hills’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Granite Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Hills | – | B | C | 30 min | $155,820 |
| El Cajon | 17% | C | A | 25 min | $67,511 |
| Rancho San Diego | under 1% | B+ | B+ | 28 min | $118,682 |
| Crest | under 1% | B | C | 29 min | $110,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to El Cajon. Darker towns draw more of Granite Hills’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 Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Granite Hills?
$155,820 (±$24,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Granite Hills?
12.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Granite Hills?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Granite Hills work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Diego (40%, 13 mi), El Cajon (17%, 3 mi), Santee (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Granite Hills walkable?
Granite Hills is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Granite Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Granite Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Granite Hills
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.