With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Grimes works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Grimes; the top destination outside it is Arbuckle (10%, 10 miles). Employers in Grimes report 12 jobs, and 88 of its residents work somewhere. For 100% of workers, the job is at home; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Grimes
On a workday 88 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Grimes on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
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 Grimes: the destinations
Where Grimes clocks in
10% of workers
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.
Grimes is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grimes, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 12. 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 Grimes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Grimes
of Grimes workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Grimes
About 22% 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.
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 Grimes: questions
What is the poverty rate in Grimes?
42.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Grimes work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arbuckle (10%, 10 mi), Sacramento (7%, 42 mi), Williams (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grimes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grimes
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.