With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Ivanhoe works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Ivanhoe C; getting around on foot earns it B. There are 544 jobs in Ivanhoe for 1,599 working residents. Measured by household income, Ivanhoe is behind 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Ivanhoe: the gist
Ivanhoe makes and builds things
55% of the jobs based in Ivanhoe are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ivanhoe residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Ivanhoe pay little
37% of the jobs based in Ivanhoe pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Ivanhoe 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 ↓
Ivanhoe and Visalia trade workers both ways
Visalia is the top workplace for Ivanhoe residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Ivanhoe come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Ivanhoe has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Ivanhoe went from 386 in 2013 to 544 in 2023, +41%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Ivanhoe
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ivanhoe is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #638 of 847 in California. Unemployment holds Ivanhoe’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($52,179, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ivanhoe could be anywhere from D to B+.
Making and building: 55% of jobs based in Ivanhoe
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ivanhoe, 2013 → 2023: 386 → 544. 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 Ivanhoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Ivanhoe: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ivanhoe workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,808 commuters (the 12% 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.
29% of working residents work in Visalia
Where Ivanhoe clocks in
29% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Who works in Ivanhoe, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,504 residents head out to work, 95 work right here, and 449 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Ivanhoe on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Ivanhoe’s commute, mile by mile
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.
In Ivanhoe, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ivanhoe is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #642 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,064 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 4.1% of Ivanhoe households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Ivanhoe’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200, Ivanhoe ranks 2,784th of 3,938 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,782 | Center Township IN | 3,262 | $75K | 8.2% | 7.3% | 5% | C |
| 2,783 | Newton Township OH | 5,225 | $68K | 8.7% | 6.9% | 5% | C |
| 2,784 | Ivanhoe CA | 4,629 | $52K | 17.9% | 3.6% | 6% | C |
| 2,785 | Brookland AR | 4,697 | $57K | 12.5% | 5.5% | 5% | C |
| 2,786 | California MO | 4,523 | $64K | 11.6% | 4.5% | 21% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Ivanhoe, 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 Ivanhoe: questions
What is the median household income in Ivanhoe?
$52,179 (±$19,596) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ivanhoe?
17.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ivanhoe?
19 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ivanhoe work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Visalia (29%, 7 mi), Fresno (6%, 42 mi), Exeter (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ivanhoe walkable?
Ivanhoe is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ivanhoe without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ivanhoe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ivanhoe
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.