Photo: Sanfranman59 · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Healdsburg (7.8%) is higher than in 87% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 1.0 in Santa Rosa. For jobs and income Healdsburg is better than 47% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (A+). Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Healdsburg at work: what stands out
Commutes from Healdsburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Healdsburg
25% of Healdsburg workers work from home, against 17% across California. 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 Healdsburg’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Healdsburg’s grade up ($103,554, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Healdsburg could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Healdsburg workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,082 commuters (the 25% 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 Healdsburg: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,596 residents head out to work, 963 work right here, and 4,961 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Healdsburg on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Santa Rosa
Where Healdsburg clocks in
14% 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.
68% of the jobs in Healdsburg pay over $3,333 a month
5,924 jobs are based in Healdsburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Healdsburg, 2013 → 2023: 5,220 → 5,924. 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 Healdsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Healdsburg
About 25% 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.
Healdsburg is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,417 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 98% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 40% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% 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). 1.4% of Healdsburg households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Healdsburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Healdsburg comes 1,571st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,569 | Hampton GA | 9,349 | $75K | 13.4% | 5.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,570 | Canandaigua NY | 10,347 | $65K | 10.8% | 4.5% | 17% | B− |
| 1,571 | Healdsburg CA | 11,172 | $104K | 11.6% | 7.8% | 21% | B− |
| 1,572 | Zebulon NC | 11,933 | $79K | 9.0% | 7.1% | 6% | B− |
| 1,573 | Conover NC | 8,938 | $66K | 15.7% | 3.3% | 11% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Healdsburg, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Healdsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Healdsburg?
$103,554 (±$7,704) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Healdsburg?
11.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Healdsburg?
19 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Healdsburg work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Rosa (14%, 15 mi), San Francisco (4%, 63 mi), Windsor (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Healdsburg walkable?
Healdsburg is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.5 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Healdsburg without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 40% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Healdsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Healdsburg
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.