Unemployment in Greenacres (8.3%) is higher than in 89% of U.S. towns
6% of workers work from home (California 17%). For jobs and income Greenacres is better than 66% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (B). Only 2% stay in Greenacres for work; outside it, Bakersfield is the main destination (46%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Greenacres
Greenacres and Bakersfield trade workers both ways
Bakersfield is the top workplace for Greenacres residents (46%) and also where the most people who work in Greenacres come from (54% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Greenacres residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Commutes from Greenacres are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical California 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.
Greenacres’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Greenacres’ grade up (4.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greenacres could be anywhere from B− to A.
Where Greenacres goes to work
Where Greenacres clocks in
46% of workers
3% 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.
Where in the region Greenacres works
About 24% 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.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Greenacres
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenacres workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,907 commuters (the 6% 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.
Greenacres on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,046 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 1,209 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Greenacres on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
What work there is in Greenacres: 1,245 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenacres, 2013 → 2023: 1,147 → 1,245. 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 Greenacres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Greenacres start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% 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 2,034 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 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 4.9% of Greenacres households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenacres’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600, Greenacres ranks 1,399th of 3,840 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 37 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,397 | Dyersville IA | 4,574 | $84K | 4.9% | 3.2% | 28% | B+ |
| 1,398 | Salt Creek Township OH | 4,739 | $85K | 13.4% | 0.2% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,399 | Greenacres CA | 4,906 | $92K | 4.1% | 8.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,400 | Rigby ID | 5,757 | $85K | 9.7% | 2.2% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,401 | Madison Township OH | 3,549 | $77K | 9.3% | 2.2% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | 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 Greenacres, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 49% of Greenacres
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenacres workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenacres | – | B+ | B | 22 min | $91,528 |
| Bakersfield | 46% | C+ | B+ | 24 min | $80,540 |
| Rosedale | 3% | A− | C+ | 28 min | $135,966 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bakersfield. Darker towns draw more of Greenacres’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 Greenacres: questions
What is the median household income in Greenacres?
$91,528 (±$18,460) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenacres?
4.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenacres?
22 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenacres work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bakersfield (46%, 5 mi), Rosedale (3%, 5 mi), Oildale (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greenacres walkable?
Greenacres is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 11.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenacres without a car?
0% 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 Greenacres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenacres
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.