Photo: David Jordan at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Huron (12.4%) is higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income D−: better than 2% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #833 of 847 in California.
Walkability B: more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns · #613 of 847 in California.
Household incomes here are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 28 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Huron; the top destination outside it is Fresno (7%, 43 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Huron
A big share show a job far from home
54% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Huron is a place people come home to
There are 257 jobs based in Huron, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Huron than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Huron fell from 388 in 2013 to 257 in 2023, −34%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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; with 875 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Huron’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Huron is better than 2% of U.S. towns, #833 of 847 in California. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Huron’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Huron could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Half of Huron commutes less than 55 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 54% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 854 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 236 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.29 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 the 257 jobs in Huron are
257 jobs are based in Huron. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Huron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Huron, 2013 → 2023: 388 → 257. 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.
7% of working residents work in Fresno
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Huron clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 28 minutes each way, about the CA average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Huron workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,366 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Most trips from Huron start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Huron is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #613 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% 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 2,499 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 68% 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 16.6% of Huron households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Huron’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Huron compares with U.S. towns of 5,200 to 10,000
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Huron, the top three, the last and three more from California.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 118 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,063 | Crockett TX | 6,346 | $39K | 22.1% | 8.3% | 26% | D− |
| 3,064 | Lucerne Valley CA | 5,957 | $55K | 21.9% | 18.6% | 6% | D− |
| 3,065 | Huron CA | 7,394 | $53K | 30.4% | 12.4% | 2% | D− |
| 3,066 | Yazoo City MS | 9,867 | $28K | 46.7% | 12.7% | 29% | D− |
| 3,067 | Silver City NM | 9,284 | $39K | 23.7% | 13.1% | 50% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,083 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
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 Huron: questions
What is the median household income in Huron?
$52,500 (±$23,941) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Huron?
30.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Huron?
28 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Huron work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (7%, 43 mi), Coalinga (4%, 14 mi), Kerman (3%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Huron walkable?
Huron is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Huron without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Huron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Huron
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.