Hartley has lower unemployment (0.6%) than 97% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Hartley A; getting around on foot earns it D. Household incomes here are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 24 minutes each way, against 29 across California and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Hartley apart on work
Hartley and Vacaville trade workers both ways
Vacaville is the top workplace for Hartley residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Hartley come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hartley is a place people come home to
There are 221 jobs based in Hartley, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hartley has about 1,600 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Hartley are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 38 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.
Jobs & income in Hartley: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hartley is better than 92% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hartley could be anywhere from A− to A+.
20% of working residents work in Vacaville
Where Hartley clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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 workday in Hartley: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,013 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Hartley on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.22 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.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hartley workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 899 commuters (the 15% 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.
Goods jobs make up 48% of work in Hartley
221 jobs are based in Hartley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hartley, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 221. 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 Hartley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hartley
About 19% 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.
For most of Hartley, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hartley is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. 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 1,061 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 51% 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). 5.3% of Hartley households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hartley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hartley is 315th among 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 313 | Weller Township OH | 1,874 | $97K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 314 | Ashippun WI | 2,666 | $97K | 4.2% | 1.1% | 2% | A |
| 315 | Hartley CA | 2,431 | $124K | 7.2% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| 316 | Pimlico SC | 1,765 | $137K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| 317 | Skaneateles NY | 2,503 | $126K | 4.9% | 1.1% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Hartley, the top three, the last and three more from California.
20% of Hartley works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Vacaville. Darker towns draw more of Hartley’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 Hartley: questions
What is the median household income in Hartley?
$124,254 (±$20,194) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hartley?
7.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hartley?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hartley work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vacaville (20%, 4 mi), Fairfield (11%, 12 mi), Sacramento (6%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hartley walkable?
Hartley is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hartley 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 Hartley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hartley
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.