Few U.S. towns have unemployment as high as Green Acres’ 16.1%
Only 1% work in Green Acres; the top destination outside it is San Diego (7%, 62 miles). Green Acres grades C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Green Acres
Green Acres workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Green Acres is a place people come home to
There are 96 jobs based in Green Acres, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Green Acres has about 2,300 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Green Acres workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
What’s behind Green Acres’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Green Acres is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #570 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Green Acres’ grade up (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Green Acres could be anywhere from D to B+.
From Green Acres, about 44 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Acres workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,251 commuters (the 4% 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.
A workday in Green Acres: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,130 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Green Acres on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.08 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.
Commuting out of Green Acres: the destinations
Where Green Acres clocks in
7% 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.
Inside Green Acres’ 96 jobs
96 jobs are based in Green Acres.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Acres, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 96. 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 Green Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Green Acres
About 30% 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 of Green Acres commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Green Acres is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns, #766 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 1,302 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 76% 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 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% 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). 2.5% of Green Acres households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Green Acres’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Green Acres is 2,614th among 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,612 | Hardwick MA | 2,736 | $75K | 11.0% | 4.7% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,613 | Easton Township MI | 3,136 | $76K | 5.7% | 14.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,614 | Green Acres CA | 3,382 | $80K | 8.2% | 16.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,615 | St. Joseph Township OH | 2,633 | $50K | 12.1% | 2.2% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,616 | Bradley WI | 2,425 | $76K | 6.3% | 1.6% | 9% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | 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 Green Acres, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Green Acres and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Hemet (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Acres workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Acres | – | C+ | C | 44 min | $79,855 |
| Winchester | under 3% | B+ | C− | 46 min | $79,250 |
| Homeland | under 3% | C | C | 40 min | $60,404 |
| Hemet | 5% | C− | B+ | 36 min | $57,719 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Green Acres’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 Green Acres: questions
What is the median household income in Green Acres?
$79,855 (±$34,718) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Acres?
8.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Acres?
44 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Acres work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Diego (7%, 62 mi), Los Angeles (5%, 79 mi), Hemet (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Green Acres walkable?
Green Acres is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green Acres without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Green Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Acres
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.