Photo: Sarah Stierch · CC BY 4.0Isleton has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 37 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Isleton; the top destination outside it is Rio Vista (8%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Isleton
Isleton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Isleton workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 244 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of California
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Isleton workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 192 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Isleton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 236 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Isleton on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.49 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.
8% of working residents work in Rio Vista
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Isleton clocks in
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 120 jobs in Isleton are
120 jobs are based in Isleton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Isleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Isleton, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 120. 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.
Half of Isleton commutes less than 28 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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.
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 Isleton: questions
What is the median household income in Isleton?
$53,194 (±$18,247) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Isleton?
21.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Isleton?
37 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Isleton work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rio Vista (8%, 6 mi), Sacramento (6%, 29 mi), Lodi (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Isleton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Isleton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Isleton
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.